So sorry about your problems, Liesl, but all miles are good miles - even those upright ones!
As for the stem issue, this combo - quill adapter, and threadless stem piece -- from VO is, IMO, quite attractive - though more expensive than the Nashbar: http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/stems/quill-stems/vo-threadless-stem-adaptor.html . I think there are similar less expensive combos. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Platt Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 6:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Swapping Bars & Threaded Stems Shoji and Jeremy are correct, the V brake lever won't work with cantilevers unless it has the adapter built in. Unfortunately, the set of Soma Oxfords I have sitting around have Tektro V brake levers or I'd off them to you to try. Let me know if the other swap is too much of a hassle. Am pretty sure I have some cantilever brake levers sitting around and would be happy to let you use them and the handlebar to try things out for a while. And like others, sorry to hear about your current issues. I've got some low back pain trouble now, so I can be extra sympathetic. Eric Platt (Who is about to commute in today on the new Sam Hillborne nonetheless) St. Paul, MN On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Deacon Patrick <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Och! The nerve! I pray your issues resolve and you have many more miles in the saddle, however upright. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:04:49 PM UTC-6, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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]<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. 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