I have a stem adapter on our tandem, and it works great. I'd recommend the Nitto one over the VO one.
Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Christian <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi All, > > So, I'm thinking of getting a Jones bar for my Hunq. > http://www.jonesbikes.com/h-bar.html Currently, it's a set up with > Noodles--which I love--but I want something more trail oriented. Yes, I > can ride trails with my Noodles. I have Albatross bars on my LHT so I am > familiar with those too. And I'm aware of Rivendell's Nitto > Bullmoose--cool bars, but the Jones are even wider with more hand > positions. > > What I'm really wondering about is experience folks might have with 1" to > 1 1/8" conversions using either a stem adapter like this > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/stems/threadless-stems/vo-threadless-stem-adaptor.htmlor > using a quill stem with an open face 31.8 clamp diameter like this: > http://www.origin-8.com/product-description/?prod_model_uid=7262 > > Pro of the stem adapter is that I can then whatever stem I want; pro of a > quill open face is that it's cheaper and perhaps slightly (but ever so) > more elegant. > > Are folks aware of other quill open face 31.8 stems--something NOS? Salsa > made an open face quill for sometime but I'm pretty it was only in > 25.4--maybe 26. > > Thanks for any advice. I think I've got it covered, but thought I'd run > it by this always helpful bunch. > > Christian > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
