> I usually just leave the bike on the floor, straddle it, remove the > top cap, loosen the stem and pull it off.
Admittedly a candidate for chief of mechanical doofosity, I have managed to drop bikes doing less. I have a lovely folding Park stand and prefer using it whenever I am taking things off the bike. On Dec 24, 12:18 pm, Atlantean <softlysoftlycatcheemon...@gmail.com> wrote: > I usually just leave the bike on the floor, straddle it, remove the > top cap, loosen the stem and pull it off. You can hold the hadlebar in > one hand while moving spacers around with the other, and then put it > all back together. I usually use a similar procedure when swapping > stems, but you need to have the new stem in easy reach if you don't > have anyone around to assist. > > On Dec 24, 11:07 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > I'm a big guy, mostly ride fixed gear, and i like the idea of wrenching > > > on a bar/ > > > stem that's firmly clamped to the outside of a circular steel steerer > > > tube more than one that is literally wedged into place. > > > I have bikes with either set up. I always worry about the little > > bolts holding the threadless stem as opposed to the big honking bolt > > in the middle of the quill. > > > > I do think the "threadless stems make it harder to fine-tune the > > > height adjustment" thing isn't as true as many make it out to be. > > > Yes, you'll probably want to cut the steerer tube if there's excessive > > > length above the stem and yes, you have to take the headset out of > > > adjustment to adjust the height of the stem, but they make headset > > > spacers down to 1mm and I doubt that any of you really adjust your > > > stem in increments of less than a millimeter. An advantage of > > > threadless is that you always know by how much you're raising or > > > lowering your bars- no measuring required! > > > Yeah, but you have to put the bike on the stand, put the bars > > somewhere, take the ahead cap then stem off, fool with the spacers and > > put it all back together. On the other hand, I can stop in the middle > > of a ride, pull out my trusty Park Y allen wrench and move the quill > > up and down in a matter of seconds. > > > On Dec 24, 10:53 am, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Frankly, i'm a surprised that this topic has brought up so many > > > arguments on both sides. I always thought that 1" threaded headsets > > > and quill stems were a Rivendell "thing," as integral to the identity > > > of the bikes as steel and lugs (excepting the Legolas, of course). I > > > wouldn't ask GP to change that. I'm cool with that and appreciate the > > > bikes for other reasons, and I know that if i ever own one it'll > > > probably have a threaded headset. > > > > I'm firmly in the threadless camp (3 bikes, all threadless, 2 even > > > with the "illusive" 1" threadless! no, headsets are not impossible to > > > find, and most stems come with a shim to make it work), but i'll > > > readily admit that my preference is mostly psychosomatic*. I'm a big > > > guy, mostly ride fixed gear, and i like the idea of wrenching on a bar/ > > > stem that's firmly clamped to the outside of a circular steel steerer > > > tube more than one that is literally wedged into place. > > > > I do think the "threadless stems make it harder to fine-tune the > > > height adjustment" thing isn't as true as many make it out to be. > > > Yes, you'll probably want to cut the steerer tube if there's excessive > > > length above the stem and yes, you have to take the headset out of > > > adjustment to adjust the height of the stem, but they make headset > > > spacers down to 1mm and I doubt that any of you really adjust your > > > stem in increments of less than a millimeter. An advantage of > > > threadless is that you always know by how much you're raising or > > > lowering your bars- no measuring required! > > > > *It does help to have Jobst reinforcing my > > > preference:http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/threadless-headset.html-Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-bunch@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
