I have a Soma quill adapter with a 40mm threadless stem which allows me to use a Jones Loop Bar on my 1985 MB-2, and it works great. I chose the Soma because it was the adapter that I could find with the greatest length to get the bars way up high.
And like you, I’m in the process of putting drop bars on my long top tube MIT Atlantis. So far I’ve got the 50mm Nitto Technomic mated to a Nitto Noodle bar. I haven’t mounted it yet, but if the 50mm stem turns out to be too long, I can always poach the Soma adapter to go shorter. You can find plenty of 30 and 40mm threadless stems online, but if you need to do a 0mm stem, looks like the threaded Analog quill stem might be your only option. Having a threaded-to-threadless adapter with a threadless stem isn’t nearly as pretty as the Analog stems, but it is about 1/2 the price. Good luck with your build and keep us posted! ~Mark Raleigh, NC > On Apr 27, 2019, at 13:32, Christopher Cote <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Not as elegant as a Nitto stem, you can get a quill stem adapter and put a > threadless style stem on it. MTB stems are available down to 30mm or so, > thanks to the downhill crowd. Or, you could get one of those adjustable angle > stems and point it up high. That would reduce the reach. Heavy and cheap > looking, though. > > Chris > > >> On Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 1:05:54 PM UTC-4, jandrews wrote: >> HI >> I'm looking for a short extension stem. >> I'd like to make my new Appaloosa a drop bar bike and I'm on a size that is >> big for me,...fit's but big. 55cm seat tube, 60cm top tube >> From all my futzing it seems like 4cm stem with noodles or dirt drops would >> do the trick. I know I can easily buy a Technomic 5cm but curious if there >> are other options out there that may be a centimeter or two shorter? > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
