Thanks for the reminder of the Nitto adapter--if I go adapter I'll go Nitto. The Winter stems look nice; too costly for me now.
Mike: the Origin8 stem I linked to is a 31.8 quill. Thanks again, Christian > On Dec 21, 2013, at 6:30 AM, Matthew J <matthewj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If it were me, I would drop Eric Estlund at Winter Bicycles a line and get a > custom. I have two Winter stems now, will have three sometime next year. > Could not be happier. > > http://www.winterbicycles.com/gallery/stems/ > >> On Friday, December 20, 2013 7:46:40 PM UTC-6, Christian wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> So, I'm thinking of getting a Jones bar for my Hunq. >> http://www.jonesbikes.com/h-bar.html Currently, it's a set up with >> Noodles--which I love--but I want something more trail oriented. Yes, I can >> ride trails with my Noodles. I have Albatross bars on my LHT so I am >> familiar with those too. And I'm aware of Rivendell's Nitto Bullmoose--cool >> bars, but the Jones are even wider with more hand positions. >> >> What I'm really wondering about is experience folks might have with 1" to 1 >> 1/8" conversions using either a stem adapter like this >> http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/stems/threadless-stems/vo-threadless-stem-adaptor.html >> or using a quill stem with an open face 31.8 clamp diameter like this: >> http://www.origin-8.com/product-description/?prod_model_uid=7262 >> >> Pro of the stem adapter is that I can then whatever stem I want; pro of a >> quill open face is that it's cheaper and perhaps slightly (but ever so) more >> elegant. >> >> Are folks aware of other quill open face 31.8 stems--something NOS? Salsa >> made an open face quill for sometime but I'm pretty it was only in >> 25.4--maybe 26. >> >> Thanks for any advice. I think I've got it covered, but thought I'd run it >> by this always helpful bunch. >> >> Christian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/e1VRTSo7_s4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
