Weird none of these reply's made it to my Gmail account. Patrick, yeah the bottom image is what my Salsa looks like right now with the original Salsa stem and 130mm of extension. My back and neck hate it but it looks sweet. I ordered a 90mm 40º rise stem and some Aluminum MTB bars with 9º sweep back and 80mm of rise. I'll be using the shims for the steerer connection and may need to make a few adjustments. Your steerer even cut is still longer than what I have. Maybe Philip's suggestion is the less expensive solution. I think Doug P. from the group used this very extension from Soma. If the two items above don't work I may give the high rider stem adapter a go.
When you say source you mean actually fabricate a new steerer I assume. That would ultimately be my desire but then price might be the determining factor as in too much $. By the way that's a great looking rig. What are the specs? Drive? Wheels and tires? Looks like you updated the drive train to 9 speed. Are you the original owner? ~Hugh On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 4:39:12 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Hugh: I just replaced the ~ 8 cm 10* rise stem on my Bontrager Race Lite > with a ~11 cm 45* rise stem, which gets the bar about an inch higher, and > this after I cut ~ 1 cm from the steerer. The stem also puts the bar about > 1" further out, but the overall effect is a much more comfortable bar. > > Point being: perhaps an upjutter stem will solve your problem? > > My fork is what I guess is the OEM Bomber, with 1" threadless steerer. > Both stems are 1 1/8", and I use shims -- in fact, the new upjutter stem > required 1 and 1/4 shims (I cut a second shim to fit) as the clamp area was > considerably deeper than that of the stem it replaced. > > FWIW, my brother has 2 steel, single-bolt clamp, doubtless 25.4mm clamp, > 1" threadless stems that must be 140 or 150 mm in extension with a similar > 45* or so rise. I'm tempted to try one of those with a dirt drop bar, > instead of the cut down Origin 8 swept back bar I now have. > > As for replacing, I should think that a good builder could easily source > and replace your steerer. "I should think": I am guessing. > > Despite the photo, the bar is actually about 1" below saddle nose. > > [image: Inline image 1] > > This is what it looked like with the shorter stem and original (but cut > down) bar: > > [image: Inline image 2] > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Hugh Smitham <hughs...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I have a 1995 Salsa Ala Carte 18" MTB wirh Judy XC Rocshock. Ideally I'd >> love an uncut steerer tube and if I'm dreaming anything cage mounts. Does >> anyone know if such a fork exists new? I sort think not since I have the 1" >> headset. I'd like to get the handlebars up. >> >> I've also thought about having the existing steerer tube removed and >> replaced with a longer steerer, but I figure that's probably unlikely with >> finding a 1" uncut steerer would be next to impossible to find. >> >> Your thoughts. >> >> ~Hugh >> Los Angeles, CA >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
