Thanks; I just looked at Sheldon and with a dremel and if needed some sandpaper I should be able to use a standard stem without too much work or investment -- the latter being my reason hesitation. Much obliged.
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:54 AM, jlvota <jlv...@ilstu.edu> wrote: > Sorry for the late response, but I used a Dremmel to grind down the > inside of the headset locknut. You could also use a round file, but > it is just going to take longer. Just take the headset locknut off > and see if you can get the stem to fit. If you can, then you may just > need to modify the locknut, but if you can't then you are going to > need to do something else. I did this following Sheldon Brown's > advice: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/velos.html > > If you follow that link and scroll down to the Handlebars/Stems > section, you will see it. > > On Dec 3, 1:53 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> ???!!! You mean that the quill will fit into a French steerer with no >> problem? Thinking about that, I see no reason why it shouldn't; after >> all, you have the cone or wedge nut to take up slack, no? >> >> What did you use for the filing: just a hand file? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:41 PM, jlvota <jlv...@ilstu.edu> wrote: >> > I put a Technomic in my Grand Jubilee by simply filing down the inside >> > of the headset locknut. I never actually had to modify the stem at >> > all. >> >> > On Dec 3, 11:44 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I suppose I could sand down a Technomic or T Deluxe, no? How hard is >> >> it? I've never done this. >> >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> >> Albuquerque, NM >> >> For professional resumes, contact >> >> Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com >> >> > -- >> > 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 >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> -- >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, NM >> For professional resumes, contact >> Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > -- > 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- 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.
