I've been told that the Nitto Pearls are 7 mm longer than their stated size by sources who quote Nitto. I have tried to measure that on the 9 and 10 that I own and could say that is true to the best of my ruler/ eyeball measuring skills. I also belive that variation of 2-4 mm in a bike stem is entirely reasonalble (which is about 3% of the total extension length).
I also have a 110mm Nitto lugged model and it measures 110mm with my aforementioned ruler/eyeball method. ~Mike~ On Dec 6, 10:23 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well then all you want to do is determine the right name of your > TechDLX, so you can sell it correctly. Right? > > The bike I have in the cubicle now has an 11cm TechDLX and it measures > a true 110mm, center to center, laying my metric ruler flat along the > top line of the stem. My Nitto Pearl, which is also called an 11, > measures more like 113mm by the same method. Perhaps your lugged > Nitto runs long like the Pearl and is really 123mm or so? > > So I think what you are doing is deciding if you should sell your > TechDLX as a 12 or an 11. My 11 really measures 11. There is no way > I could convince myself that this TechDLX is either a 10 or a 12. > It's definitely an 11. > > It sounds to me that your TechDLX is most likely a 12 and you are > finding that the lugged 12 runs a touch longer than the TechDLX 12. > Is that possible? > > On Dec 6, 10:02 am, Shaun Meehan <meehan.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:49 AM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Since you have both stems on hand, you should be able to fit them both > > > side by side on a handlebar, line up the quill parts parallel and > > > settle it once and for all. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > I can, of course, measure the two and determine the difference. The > > problem is I'm not certain what the specified extension on the Techno > > Deluxe is. I trust that the lugged stem is a 12cm because I just > > bought it from RBW and it was labeled as such. I bought the Techno > > Deluxe when I bought my Atlantis frame and IIRC, I ordered a 12cm. > > When I hold them side-by-side the lugged stem looks a little longer. > > I'd like to verify that the TD is indeed a 12cm because I'd like to > > sell it and I don't want to sell someone a 11cm stem that I've > > advertised as a 12cm. I looked and I didn't see the extension length > > stamped on the stem. > > > Shaun Meehan- 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.
