Quill stems are a great frustration for me for exactly this reason: very little selection in terms of rise, clamp diameter, etc. So many good handlebar options that simply aren't available to those of us who happen to have a bike with a quill stem. And what seems to be a simple stem swap becomes an hour's worth of work and a sacrifice of perfectly good bar tape...
There's a builder here in MN, I think his name is Mike Pofahl, who has a good reputation, if not much fame. I have heard rumors that he makes custom stems for very reasonable prices - i.e. competitive with a Nitto Technomic. I cannot find contact info for him at the moment, but I think you could get in touch with him through Milltown Cycles: http://www.milltowncycles.com/ On Nov 22, 8:51 pm, williwoods <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys. So I am having a bit of a dilema. Been riding my Bullmoose > bars all week and my hands just arent agreeing with these. > > I am going to run either Porteur bars or Albatross or something > similar with not a whole lot of rise not drop bars. > > There arent a whole lot of options these days as far as stems go. I > believe what I want is a stem that has a bit of rise to it. This way I > dont need to run a technomic raised all the way. I really like the > Nitto Lugged stems and have thought about running a threadless Nitto > with a Quill adapter. But that seems kinda silly. Another option I saw > that I really liked was the Nitto Reversable stem but it looks like > the only ones around are 60mm and those are $130..not that bad really > but I think I need at least an 80mm, man these are so cool. Wish I > could find an old Diamond Back MTB that had a similar stem stock on em > also a nitto made item. > > I know about the Nitto Dirt Drop stems but honestly I find them a bit > ugly....is that silly of me? > > So the last thing I am contemplating is a Custom stem. If I get a > custom stem made I would like to get something made that is similar to > a lugged nitto, something that will match the personality of my frame > and lugged seatpost I have. > > Any Ideas? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
