Tom, I've been using Steerstoppers on my 64 cm Clem H and our Bilenky tandem for a couple of years. They're pricy, as you noyed, but they work great. I use the clem for commuting and shopping with a basket and shopsack, and the Steerstopper prevents bar swing, bike tipping, etc.
Julian Westerhout Bloomington, IL On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 8:45:03 PM UTC-5, Tom Horton wrote: > > I'm running an experiment. Having embraced big Wald baskets on the front > of my atlantis and clem L, I have also bought into unexpected wheel flop, > bike falling down; was very lucky on a recent long ride not to have bent a > wheel when my atlantis twisted in a bike stand. > > so I've invested in two of tom melcher's steerstoppers, a piece of > equipment (google it if you wish) designed to stabilize the front wheel. > it's well made (in USA), relatively pricey, and we shall see how they do on > my two bikes. > > most problematic will be the clem, a 64 cm. the mixte design means the > steerstopper cannot be installed ideally. melcher, who is great on customer > service, even sent me a special extension part free to make it work better, > but for now I'm just gonna go with the standard steerstopper on both bikes > and see what happens. > > the only thing I can say for sure is that while I was worried the > steerstopper would clutter up my cockpit, so far it doesn't, though > aesthetics will differ on this, no doubt. even with stem mounted thumb > shifters on the atlantis, no problem; of course the large frame helps some. > > I'll report back in a few months. I'm optimistic; but if you see two > steerstoppers for sale on this site, you'll know how it turned out. > > and yes, I've been the route of bungees, vinyl coated twist ties and the > like...they all serve the purpose, but not well enough to suit me. > > and yet another experiment: I've long thought the coleman green paint job > on my quickbeam did not do justice to the bike's lugwork; so I've taken it > to steve bilenky's shop in philly for a repaint that I hope will better > accentuate the qbeam's joinery. pick it up in late nov/early dec. and will > send (my usual bad) pix. > > > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/12664886-0c51-4353-aa14-6f6ab7dd3f38%40googlegroups.com.
