Traditions die hard ! I agree with you though. To me the Tallux stem is an answer for a tall stem, but there are better answers also ! If you need a tall stem , indeed, why make it in a -17 degree angle ? Kinda of a headscratcher to me . You're rising it with a tall quill, then negating it with a -17 degree angle. Bikes with these look odd to me. I'm not sure why a Dirt Drop was never offered in anything more than 100mm length. I'd surely buy one if they made them in 120 or 130mm. It can't be an issue of strength, it must be again, tradition, aesthetics and "other".
That's why I use tall quill adapters and threadless stems. I resisted this for a long time, but now I love them ! Real flexibility of choices. A 0 or 10+ degree stem flows so much better, especially with a sloping TT. Nitto makes one really tall adapter, and one sorta medium tall. On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 7:19:51 PM UTC-4, cbone97 wrote: > > Help me out with this one. Assuming the average unracer wants their bars > up nice and high, what purpose does a "road" stem (like a Tallux) serve, > and/or why would it be preferred, ever, over a mountain-type stem (Dirt > Drop, Periscopa, etc.) of equal stem length? For the life of me I can't > figure this out. The only purpose I see to a drop/road stem is that it > allows putting the bars below the top of the headtube should this be > desirable. I'm building up my Sam H. and put on my Tallux, which looked > fine with Alba's on my previous bike, but with my Nitto Rando bars I think > it looks somewhat awkward/goofy. So I'm ordering a Dirt Drop. What am I > missing? > > Tallux f.s. coming soon... > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
