the Salsa SUL with the poster child for open face quills. Then there is/was the ugly poster child, the Profile Design H2O.
I emailed Salsa today and got a response nearly immediately (yea! Salsa). And I quote, "the cromo SUL quill and threadless stems are no more." On Nov 23, 2:36 pm, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > You'd think someone would have made a quill with a removable face > plate by now.... > > On Nov 23, 2:19 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > ...but the VO quill adapter gets you into the full mainstream of > > selection if you want quick and easy stem swaps, and it's only $16. I > > think it's not bad looking either. That piece converts your > > 1" (22.2mm) quill bike into a receptacle for any 1-1/8" clamp-on > > stem. Those come in every size, rise, and color, and most of them > > have a removable front plate so you can do your 5 minute stem swaps. > > That's an easy solution, provided you don't mind the "moderne" look. > > > On Nov 23, 10:37 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > > > <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Quill stems are a great frustration for me for exactly this reason: > > > very little selection in terms of rise, clamp diameter, etc. So many > > > good handlebar options that simply aren't available to those of us who > > > happen to have a bike with a quill stem. And what seems to be a simple > > > stem swap becomes an hour's worth of work and a sacrifice of perfectly > > > good bar tape... > > > > There's a builder here in MN, I think his name is Mike Pofahl, who has > > > a good reputation, if not much fame. I have heard rumors that he makes > > > custom stems for very reasonable prices - i.e. competitive with a > > > Nitto Technomic. I cannot find contact info for him at the moment, but > > > I think you could get in touch with him through Milltown > > > Cycles:http://www.milltowncycles.com/ > > > > On Nov 22, 8:51 pm, williwoods <willh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey guys. So I am having a bit of a dilema. Been riding my Bullmoose > > > > bars all week and my hands just arent agreeing with these. > > > > > I am going to run either Porteur bars or Albatross or something > > > > similar with not a whole lot of rise not drop bars. > > > > > There arent a whole lot of options these days as far as stems go. I > > > > believe what I want is a stem that has a bit of rise to it. This way I > > > > dont need to run a technomic raised all the way. I really like the > > > > Nitto Lugged stems and have thought about running a threadless Nitto > > > > with a Quill adapter. But that seems kinda silly. Another option I saw > > > > that I really liked was the Nitto Reversable stem but it looks like > > > > the only ones around are 60mm and those are $130..not that bad really > > > > but I think I need at least an 80mm, man these are so cool. Wish I > > > > could find an old Diamond Back MTB that had a similar stem stock on em > > > > also a nitto made item. > > > > > I know about the Nitto Dirt Drop stems but honestly I find them a bit > > > > ugly....is that silly of me? > > > > > So the last thing I am contemplating is a Custom stem. If I get a > > > > custom stem made I would like to get something made that is similar to > > > > a lugged nitto, something that will match the personality of my frame > > > > and lugged seatpost I have. > > > > > Any Ideas?- 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-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.
