Nice..nice mate for the QB green....reminds me of those classy Nitto- made Ritchey Force stems which came stock on 92-93 RB1s and X0-1s. I wonder if those Salsa stems were ever contracted out to Nitto...in the late 80's and early 90's Nitto made OEM stems for Cannondale SM2000's ...and of course the afore-mentioned Ritchey Force stems. I love that Crystal Fellow Nitto stem posted earlier
....Off this thread a little....the Brooks B-17 on my X0-1 had the rails snap...I was using a circa 96 Campagnolo Record seatpost. Don't know how long ago this actually happened, but I was lucky it didn't come off while riding. I discovered this on Thursday. We had very unsettled weather with thunder/lightning so I called my partner from work to bail me out...I'm ashamed to admit this last. When we got home, we pulled the X0-1 out of the hatchback by the back of the saddle and the saddle detached itself from the seatpost. Interesting break and I'll try and get pictures posted...no I'm not soured on Brooks...ordered a new B-17 Standard last night. The saddle it's replacing was bought from Rivendell in 1999 and my X0-1 probably sees the most use...more than my 2 Rivendells because I ride the X0-1 to work,for errands etc... Anyway..nobody hurt so it's all good but it's sad to retire a saddle that was nicely broken in...and in fact, the leather has plenty of life left. On Jun 19, 1:47 am, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > Non-custom Salsa stem - ties the whole bike > together.http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/3663090328/ > > Philip > > On Jun 18, 4:32 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:55 PM, eflayer <eddie.fla...@att.net> wrote: > > > Wow that Crystal Fellow stem is one I'd not seen before. Too bad not > > > 26.0. Too bad no one with make fine quills in a variety of angles. I > > > have recently re-powdered two older Salsa quills; one an SUL and the > > > other with fixed fixed faceplate. My powder guy will do them in black > > > for $5 each. Even though a PITA, the orginal fixed face Salsa is > > > great lookinng no matter what angle form 73 to 105. Maybe VO will > > > bless us back up to the variety we deserve. > > > Does Salsa still make customs? I had two made to get my original (don't tell > > on Grant!) Riv 54 cm (I've been sized for a 60 and my default is 57-8) > > custom's bar high enough; another ditto for a nice old mid '60s 56 cm > > Bottechia. Nice, tho' not as nice as Nittos. > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
