Sometimes mixing the classic aesthetic with the new "standards" can be...challenging.
In what I thought would be a simple task of choosing from several stems from my parts bin, I turned up empty handed and in disbelief. I really don't have a threadless 1 1/8" 26.0 clamp stem?!? How can this be? No matter, I'll run by the bike shop and grab one, there must be a box full of take offs. NOPE. Not one. Really? Really. So after a bunch of fruitless hunting, I've resigned to the fact I'll need to find and order something. There seems to be plenty of generic offerings from Dimension, Origin8, etc on the bay but if I have to source it non-locally then I'd rather go with something more fitting of the bike and from a known manufacturer. And the kicker is to find one in silver. For consideration, I'd like to use my nitto noodle for this along with a pretty Rivish build. My original thought was finding an old Thomson to keep it US made but although cool, they have a decidedly industrial vibe. Especially the older 26.0 clamp versions. Still they DO pop up in silver from time to time which would be nice. As far as other accessible offerings I did check into the Nittos and they look pretty nice as would be expected. It seems there is one version that is nearly a gun metal color as opposed to silver which looks great, although I cant seem to find the 100 length in any of them. So my quandary becomes...is the Nitto worth scrounging for to match the bar? Anyone handle it "in the metal"? Or do I go clunky USA Thomson if I can find one? Or do I throw it all out the window and use a black 31.8 bar stem combo I have hanging in the garage? -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
