Thanks for sharing, Andrew! Beautiful family picture too!!! On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 8:13:49 PM UTC-7 Andrew Letton wrote:
> Here's a photo of the stem we're talking about, in case anyone's curious: > > IMG_0025 > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/letton/3749753948/in/album-72157621668822061/> > > IMG_0025 > > Explore letton's photos on Flickr. letton has uploaded 277 photos to > Flickr. > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/letton/3749753948/in/album-72157621668822061/> > > Cheers, > Andrew in Sydney > > > On Thursday, September 24, 2020, 09:59:19 AM GMT+10, Andrew Letton < > let...@flash.net> wrote: > > > > Hi Alberto, > :-) Yeah, I get a lot of comments about that stem... > My first mountain bike was an '84 bottom-of-the-line Univega Land Rover > Sport, and over the decade plus that I rode it, I gradually replaced every > part but the frame, seatpost QR, and the thumbshifters. In that quest to > make a silk purse of a sow's ear, in about '89 I brazed up a new fork and > this stem, which was inspired by the Moulton spaceframe designs: small > tubes and triangles. A friend (Paul Atwood of BikeE and Roots-in-the-Sky > fame) had given me the SR titanium handlebar, and the stem was designed to > match the width of the straight center section of that bar. I don't > remember the numbers, but I do recall that the stem ended up slightly > lighter than similarly sized stems of the day and the bar and stem > combination took literal pounds off the bike, compared to the massive > bullmoose bar that was on it. When I ordered the Bombadil in '09, I sent > the stem to Rivendell to be painted by D&D, along with the frame. The good > folks at Riv were initially concerned about the strength/reliability of the > stem and generously offered me a deal on a Nitto stem in its stead, but > when I told them I had been riding it on and off for 20+ years, they > (perhaps reluctantly; I'll never know) went ahead and painted it with the > Bombadil. The Univega is long gone; given to a friend who turned it into a > single speed shop bike, but the stem, handlebar, and those Suntour ratchet > shifters live on as one of the three cockpits that I periodically swap in > and out of my Bombadil. Over the past year, the Bombadil's primary duty has > been in introducing our son Zane to the glorious world of cycling. The > attached photo was taken a year ago, on Zane's first ride, at ten months > old. Perhaps I'll pass the stem and Bombadil on to him one day... > Cheers, > Andrew in Sydney > > > > On Thursday, September 24, 2020, 03:57:34 AM GMT+10, Alberto Robador < > arob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wow Andrew, can you tell us more about that stem?! Looks rad! > > On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 9:36:52 PM UTC-7 Andrew Letton wrote: > > Looks great, Joe! Enjoy the ride! > > One question: are you certain that it is Toyo-built? My 60cm early 2TT > Bombadil was built by Waterford. What is the serial number format on yours; > that may tell us something. (Mine is L080xx. Built in L=12=December of > '08.) Does anyone else recall the history of when/where the Bombadils were > built? > > 2009 Rivendell Bombadil > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/letton/albums/72157621668822061> > > 2009 Rivendell Bombadil > > Explore this photo album by letton on Flickr! > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/letton/albums/72157621668822061> > > cheers, > Andrew in Sydney > > > On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 11:48:08 AM GMT+10, Joe Bernard < > joer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I finally finished it! Its a 52cm Toyo, early parallel-tube version (the > one I like). No paint, which was an interesting experience for a notorious > paint panicker as I was working. 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