Ahearne is one of several builders who are taking the humble stem concept and making works of art. Perhaps it is my bias, but I frankly prefer the two quills in his photo album to the lovely threadless.
Unfortunately, not many of the builders sell stems without their bike. I have always wondered whether some builder could make a living just producing great stems as Matt Feeney is (for now anyway) with his great Pass Stow rack. On Dec 30, 6:37 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 16:32 -0800, Richard wrote: > > The Velo-Orange threadless stems have a polished sliver finish and are > > available in six and 17 degree rise. The Velo-Orange threadless stem > > steerer clamping length is 40mm, while most of the other threadless > > stems available in silver have a 36mm or less steerer clamping > > length. The extra length of the Velo-Orange threadless stem can > > eliminate one or two of those ugly turtle neck spacers. > > > On Dec 30, 4:47 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Bah, it's better to have the bike fit. Anyway, it looks like he's > > > still dialing in the fit, guessing by the spacers above and below the > > > stem. What we really need are steerer spacers that don't make the bike > > > look like it's wearing a cheap turtleneck. And more options for > > > beautiful threadless stems would be nice too. > > Well, if it's beautiful threadless stems you're wanting, check out these > Aherne stems: http://www.ahearnecycles.com/pages/stemsgallery.html > They're simply breathtaking. -- 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.
