[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
levers I pulled off my old Scott that might work for you. They were for cantis
so they should work. I live in St. Paul so you are more than welcome to them if
you'd like to give them a try. Contact me off list if you want them, I'd rather
somebody have them who could use them.
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
levers I pulled off my old Scott that might work for you. They were for cantis
so they should work. I live in St. Paul so you are more than welcome to them if
you'd like to give them a try. Contact me off list if you want them, I'd rather
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
levers I pulled off my old Scott that might work for you. They were for cantis
so they should work. I live in St. Paul so you are more than welcome to them if
you'd like to give them a try. Contact me off list if you want them, I'd rather
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
levers I pulled off my old Scott that might work for you. They were for cantis
so they should work. I live in St. Paul so you are more than welcome to them if
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
levers I pulled off my old Scott that might work for you. They were for cantis
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
levers I pulled off my old Scott that might work for you. They were for cantis
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
levers I pulled off my old Scott that might work for you. They were for cantis
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl...sorry to hear about the neck issues, I have some old ('90s vintage)
levers I pulled off my old Scott that might work for you. They were for cantis
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[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Forgot to add I also have a stem if you need one...it's a shallow angle so it may not give you the rise you're looking for. Sorry about the multiple replies, the goofy hotel wi-fi I'm on keeps cutting in and out resending the same post. -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
I use the VO stem adapter on one bike and like it . I think it's a grand invention ! I don't mind the look of using the adapter with a threadless stem at all , it's simply different. The flexibility of using the adapter and being able to swap out lengths is AWESOME !! To me, the days of using the traditional stem are gone , I wasn't ever fond of the inflexibility of the whole idea anyways, that to change anything you had to unwrap the bars and get a whole new stem . I bought a cool looking NOS Koski stem on ebay to go with it :) Yes, Nitto makes a number of stem adapters, but the tallest one (MTC-12) offers 20mm less height than the VO, according to specs. http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_infoproducts_id=601zenid=e04de8648f08dc25ab43ebfafbbc3e04 -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Och! The nerve! I pray your issues resolve and you have many more miles in the saddle, however upright. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:04:49 PM UTC-6, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Shoji and Jeremy are correct, the V brake lever won't work with cantilevers unless it has the adapter built in. Unfortunately, the set of Soma Oxfords I have sitting around have Tektro V brake levers or I'd off them to you to try. Let me know if the other swap is too much of a hassle. Am pretty sure I have some cantilever brake levers sitting around and would be happy to let you use them and the handlebar to try things out for a while. And like others, sorry to hear about your current issues. I've got some low back pain trouble now, so I can be extra sympathetic. Eric Platt (Who is about to commute in today on the new Sam Hillborne nonetheless) St. Paul, MN On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote: Och! The nerve! I pray your issues resolve and you have many more miles in the saddle, however upright. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:04:49 PM UTC-6, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/**Product_10053_10052_174788_-1_**__http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. 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 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: [RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
So sorry about your problems, Liesl, but all miles are good miles - even those upright ones! As for the stem issue, this combo - quill adapter, and threadless stem piece -- from VO is, IMO, quite attractive - though more expensive than the Nashbar: http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/stems/quill-stems/vo-threadless-stem-adaptor.html . I think there are similar less expensive combos. From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Platt Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 6:55 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems Shoji and Jeremy are correct, the V brake lever won't work with cantilevers unless it has the adapter built in. Unfortunately, the set of Soma Oxfords I have sitting around have Tektro V brake levers or I'd off them to you to try. Let me know if the other swap is too much of a hassle. Am pretty sure I have some cantilever brake levers sitting around and would be happy to let you use them and the handlebar to try things out for a while. And like others, sorry to hear about your current issues. I've got some low back pain trouble now, so I can be extra sympathetic. Eric Platt (Who is about to commute in today on the new Sam Hillborne nonetheless) St. Paul, MN On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.commailto:lamontg...@mac.com wrote: Och! The nerve! I pray your issues resolve and you have many more miles in the saddle, however upright. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:04:49 PM UTC-6, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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.commailto:rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.commailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.commailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
I have a silver Profile Designs threaded stem with faceplate on an MB-1. I don't know if they still make them (or if there is still a Profile Designs), but you might do a search on Ebay. On Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:04:49 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Here ya go. It looks just like the Nashbar, but at least it's silver. There's several different lengths available, so have a look around under Profile Design stem. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mountain-Bike-stem-1-Profile-design-/130876561399?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item1e78d9d7f7 On Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:04:49 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl: , Sorry to hear of your news. In light of your nice bikes I would suggest a stem adapter like the VO. You can attach a stem with removable faceplate to it and it's silver so with a little tape it doesn't look too bad. David https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6T8uWT-pkTk/UVTVLccCweI/AYI/re-QRzKfHEo/s1600/VO+stem+adapter.JPG On Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:04:49 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Sorry to hear about that. There are a few quill - threadless adapters out there. Nitto makes one that might help get those bars up using your existing threadless stem. http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=188_263_796products_id=13753 Dan On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Davidbea beada...@gmail.com wrote: Liesl: , Sorry to hear of your news. In light of your nice bikes I would suggest a stem adapter like the VO. You can attach a stem with removable faceplate to it and it's silver so with a little tape it doesn't look too bad. David https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6T8uWT-pkTk/UVTVLccCweI/AYI/re-QRzKfHEo/s1600/VO+stem+adapter.JPG On Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:04:49 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/**Product_10053_10052_174788_-1_**__http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. 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 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Ah, good options, especially the VO. Next question: the alba's have some reasonable Tektro Quartz brake levers that work with v-brakes. Anyone know if these levers would work with canti's? (I'm also contemplating Bosco's but I gotta figure out expenses—that's why the VO as a temporary and efficient move sounds poifect! especially if the levers work) and not to worry; my neck isn't totally crunched, just a little between #67. More upright position will be just the ticket. thanks pals, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
HI Liesl, Best wishes for a comfortable solution! Here's a link to the VO quill to threadless, if you didn't already see it: http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/stems/quill-stems/vo-threadless-stem-adaptor.html (I think it's actually a nice solution.) The V-brakes are gonna be a problem, tho. Linear pull won't play nicely with cantis, as linears pull more cable. Good luck, Sho On Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:37:29 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: Ah, good options, especially the VO. Next question: the alba's have some reasonable Tektro Quartz brake levers that work with v-brakes. Anyone know if these levers would work with canti's? (I'm also contemplating Bosco's but I gotta figure out expenses—that's why the VO as a temporary and efficient move sounds poifect! especially if the levers work) and not to worry; my neck isn't totally crunched, just a little between #67. More upright position will be just the ticket. thanks pals, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Don't know about your levers specifically but a lot of flat bar levers these days have an adjustment for cable pull, so they can be used either with v-brakes or canti/caliper brakes. Pull the lever back and see if there is some mechanism for moving the pivoting cradle which holds the head of the cable between two slots, sometimes marked c and v (the canti/caliper one will be closer to the lever pivot). You may have to pop out a little rubber or plastic plug or rotate a notched cylinder to move the cradle between the two slots. If so, than the new levers should work great with caliper brakes with the cradle in the c slot. On Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:37:29 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: Ah, good options, especially the VO. Next question: the alba's have some reasonable Tektro Quartz brake levers that work with v-brakes. Anyone know if these levers would work with canti's? (I'm also contemplating Bosco's but I gotta figure out expenses—that's why the VO as a temporary and efficient move sounds poifect! especially if the levers work) and not to worry; my neck isn't totally crunched, just a little between #67. More upright position will be just the ticket. thanks pals, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: Swapping Bars Threaded Stems
Liesl, Also sorry to hear of your neck issue, but glad it's not something worse, I keep getting older and new and lovely issues pop up! Ah the pleasure of getting older. On the matter of stems I agree with David the VO threadless adapter is a option, not as streamlined as a Nitto Quill stem but seems handy in making handle bar swaps. http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/stems/threadless-stems/vo-threadless-stem-adaptor.html Best, Hugh Sunland, CA On Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:41:47 PM UTC-7, Davidbea wrote: Liesl: , Sorry to hear of your news. In light of your nice bikes I would suggest a stem adapter like the VO. You can attach a stem with removable faceplate to it and it's silver so with a little tape it doesn't look too bad. David https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6T8uWT-pkTk/UVTVLccCweI/AYI/re-QRzKfHEo/s1600/VO+stem+adapter.JPG On Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:04:49 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: Friends, today I found out that my neck officially has some vertebral problems, and I think I'm gonna need to swap out my mustache bars on a few bikes (argh!) so I can have a more upright position. I have an old mountain bike that has Alba's on it. That's my fisrt project: steal them and install them on the protobleriot. BUT the alba bars (all nicely taped and shellacked, etc) are on a threadless mountain bike stem. I could easily take the front plate off the the stem and move it oh-so-easy but I need a threaded stem with a face plate (I hope I am using the right terms here so that I am explaining clearly...). I found a cheap ugly Nashbar http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_174788_-1___ Is there another more elegant quill solution that has a front plate on it? Or should I just bite it and disassemble and unwind the tape and get out the goo-gone and...and...and...do the whole mess? I wait with bated breath for your collective wisdom! your friend, Liesl -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
