For such a lovely bike, I'd get a nice silver fillet brazed 1" stem: Simworks, Nitto, etc. And then cut off excess steerer.
Will near Boston On Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 8:13:50 AM UTC-5 Garth wrote: > Patrick, From what I see on your bike all you'd need is a 80mm 6d or 7d > rise stem and flip the spacers vertically. I love me some geometry ;-) > > 1-1/8" reducting shims work just fine. Eastom stems way back when used to > come with them. > > Let me know what color you want for both, and 6d or 6d stem and I'll give > you some links. Right now Dimension/MSW/Salsa stems are best buys and they > look nice. They're all QBP house brands. > > > On Monday, November 10, 2025 at 8:38:34 PM UTC-5 Austin L wrote: > >> Nitto mt-31 stems come in 1" threadless, black and silver. Just as nice >> looking as any quil stem, imo. >> >> On Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:31:52 PM UTC-8 Eric Daume wrote: >> >>> I would definitely look at a flatter stem and moving some spacers under >>> it before cutting. Your current stem… could be more beautiful. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> On Monday, November 10, 2025, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> And the prize goes to Mark. >>>> >>>> That was the thought that dared not speak its name. I’d leave a single >>>> spacer above the stem — I think, tho’ that would annoy my sense of >>>> perfection. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM esoterica etc <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> On Nov 10, 2025, at 12:45 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I’ve been playing around with spacers and all 25 mm of them have ended >>>>> up (“landed out”) on top of the stem, which is a 90* Ritchey WCS that so >>>>> positioned puts the bar just about exactly where I want it — >>>>> >>>>> What would you do? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Patrick, >>>>> >>>>> You mentioned that the Ritchey stem is right now "just *about* >>>>> exactly" where you want it.... >>>>> Since you are a perfectionist and someone who has dialed in their >>>>> perfect fit over decades of riding, and you asked what would I do- I >>>>> would >>>>> take another few weeks of riding and determine *exactly *where I want >>>>> the bars and cut the steerer to get rid of that unsightly stack. Just my >>>>> two cents. >>>>> >>>>> ~Mark >>>>> Kailua, HI >>>>> (currently in Oak Harbor, WA) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 view this discussion visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/68B8EAAA-1CC2-45F2-AD0A-09604ED16B31%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/68B8EAAA-1CC2-45F2-AD0A-09604ED16B31%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Patrick Moore >>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >>>> services >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >>>> >>>> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >>>> >>>> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> 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 view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtxciMKfnakp2TxDB6hWvHkkWX093veWn9u-ZF_q1m8Hg%40mail.gmail.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtxciMKfnakp2TxDB6hWvHkkWX093veWn9u-ZF_q1m8Hg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e4070b19-2f6f-4b58-b8a8-95edf5ae111an%40googlegroups.com.
