[RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer

2011-01-04 Thread Jeremy Till
First Flight/Mountain Goat make a threadless bullmoose, which would avoid the situation: http://www.firstflightbikes.com/MGParts.htm I think Rawland was also marketing a threadless bullmoose-esq bar/stem combo (it was two-piece instead of being braised/welded together. On Jan 4, 12:16 pm, Ray

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer

2011-01-04 Thread Ray Shine
Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 1:03:57 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer First Flight/Mountain Goat make a threadless bullmoose, which would avoid the situation: http://www.firstflightbikes.com/MGParts.htm I think

[RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer

2011-01-04 Thread William
Ray That shim is almost certainly not the way to do what you want to do. Remember that with a threadless headset system, the stem clamped onto the outside of the steerer is the only thing holding the headset together. The top cap over the stem allows you to preload the bearings. With a

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer

2011-01-04 Thread Ray Shine
. From: William tapebu...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 1:53:43 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer Ray That shim is almost certainly not the way to do what you want to do. Remember

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer

2011-01-04 Thread Joe Bunik
On 1/4/11, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Some front brake cable hangers have a pinch bolt, so in theory if you put the headset together with a proper threadless stem, preloaded the bearings with the top cap in place, and locked it together with a When I'd looked into a similar situation

[RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer

2011-01-04 Thread Erik
The linked part is not going to do the trick--it is designed to step you down from 1 1/8 threaded to 1 threaded. Assuming that you currently have a 1 1/8 threadless fork/headset, this would step you down in size, but leave you without the means to adjust the headset (or secure it to the bike for

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer

2011-01-04 Thread Ray Shine
rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 12:56:21 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: How do I adapt Riv Bullmoose Bars to unthreaded steerer The linked part is not going to do the trick--it is designed to step you down from 1 1/8 threaded to 1 threaded. Assuming that you currently have a 1