The quill stem adaptor has changed my weekends - thank you. I have used it on 3 bikes so far and am loving it.
@brandonmoore263 Жыл бұрын
I love what he does with this bike. I’ve had a rock hopper since high school and it’s way cool to see that I’m not the only one that modifies them on the daily
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@micahsherer7189 Жыл бұрын
Love this sort of tinkering content. Really miss it being more regularly on the channel, but keep on doing whatever you want and I'll keep supporting regardless. 💜
@SiopaoSauc3 Жыл бұрын
Captured my sentiments exactly
@jimbrittain402 Жыл бұрын
I miss it, too.
@jamest4016 Жыл бұрын
“ never being content to just leave a perfectly working machine alone…” …story of my life 😂
@dansheridan9904 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I just looked over at the spacers under my stem. I noticed it when I was buying the bike, then my brain stopped noticing. Now I feel an upgrade coming soon.
@jeffreyhoops3611 Жыл бұрын
As someone who still likes to use old school Oury slip on grip on some of my mtb builds, I’d like to pass along a useful tip for getting them on and off as easily as possible. Dip your index finger in rubbing alcohol and rub it around the inside of the grip. It will slide right on and when the alcohol evaporates they will be on tight. (Don’t try to ride before the alcohol evaporates, they will spin on the bars). To remove the grips, slip a zip tie under the grip in several places and dribble alcohol in between the bar and grip, twist the grip to distribute the alcohol and slide the grip right off.
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@Zzyyxx22 Жыл бұрын
I’ve always had a can of L’Oréal Elnett hairspray for that. It’s a lube when it’s wet and it dries with a bit of a grip
@ReCycledCycler Жыл бұрын
I just use water, then to take off I use an old quick release in between grip and bar, tip a little water in and move the water around using the quick release and off they come.
@messagedeleted1922 Жыл бұрын
@@Zzyyxx22 yep they literally don't come off for years with hairspray if you do that with clean bars and grips (grips are not clean inside without a wipe with rubbing alcohol.) My grips would fall apart before coming off when I'd use that method.
@jesmondo5785 Жыл бұрын
Good idea! My go to back in my mtb & bmx days was hairspray. Worked a treat.
@jbenda Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the club! Also just added risers to my RH a few weeks ago! Looks dashing!
@Nahhnope Жыл бұрын
Love the old-school Spindatt style video!
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@catdogfishcake Жыл бұрын
Whenever I start to think I'm always being too fussy about the way a bike looks & am obsessing over small details I watch one of Eric's videos & feel better about my bike OCD
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@jackwilson8651 Жыл бұрын
Back to the flat bars please. The Rockhopper looks the business with flat bars. Easily my favourite and most interesting build. You need to do another one!
@BruceChastain Жыл бұрын
I love the idea of the quill stem adapter, and I know it's superficial, but I really don't like how they look. It's that little tapper that I don't like, might be better if the tapper were just a sharp shoulder.
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@toby9055 Жыл бұрын
You can also get them with a sharp shoulder rather than a taper. I had the same feeling about that look so use the shouldered version.
@BruceChastain Жыл бұрын
@@toby9055 hmm okay good to know, ill keep an eye out for that.
@djkenny1202 Жыл бұрын
I like stock quill. It fits the look and works great.
@fatrobdouble9 ай бұрын
@@djkenny1202 I love stock quills, and i love upgraded quills. I even like quills with removable face plates and/or 31.8mm handlebar bores, in case we need it for crossbars, dropbars, or just frequent bar-swaps. But the quill adaptors are ugly, heavy, and have that late-90's/early 2000's "i'm ashamed of my old bike" kind of vibe. I don't think 've used one since, like 2003. I have, more recently, pulled a few out of used bikes i purchased in the past so i could put a quill back in there.... But yeah, different strokes for different folks. If these lil kludges help other ppl continue riding and enjoying old bikes, i am all for it. I just wonder what everyone is doing with their take-offs?
@johnbrann75 Жыл бұрын
I ride cheap, old bikes and quill stem adapters are on most of them. I don't use any spacers because I think they look wrong and really aren't necessary but now I'm thinking of adding them because I watched this video.
@613.Rooster Жыл бұрын
On two of my bikes I use the area to clamp a nice bell. Bells are required for the trails and bike lane network in my city. Makes the adapter less noticeable and declutters the bars a bit.
@smits7142 Жыл бұрын
Good to see you back spinster!
@drbobjohnson812 Жыл бұрын
While converting my 90s MTB I was able t use a 1" threaded fork from a larger bike. The steer tube was long enough to attach the stem directly to is with a shim. I swapped out the headset to a modern one. And cut the steer tube to fit with the # of spacers I wanted. Keep on Tinkering.
@johnparedes5670 Жыл бұрын
Big fan of the quill adapters, have used on several builds and will use more. The dimension and VO adapters are my faves.
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@houseofsolomon2440 Жыл бұрын
Thx f/posting! Riser bars with a crossbar are my go-to for this kind of mod. Also used a blocky GT stem which lends a classic bmx-ish vibe I dig.
@HistoricalWeapons8 ай бұрын
What’s wrong with quill stem? Ur not going downhill mtb with a 90s mtb anymore.
@rondvivre3636 Жыл бұрын
I have several brands' quill adapters, the Profile Design versions sit in a bin. A bit heavy because of its length and steel wedge, Velo Orange's version is elegantly beautiful, ripe for cutting. The problem I have with the PD version is the top cap outer diameter, it functions as an actual top cap which is not only superfluous on a quill stem, it's a service hindrance and annoyance. If/when the 'top cap' is the same OD as the quill adapter (28.5 mm) the quill adapter can stay wedged in place in the steer tube, a stem with or without an installed handlebar slips off and on. Notice that on all your regular quill stems, the 'point' of the quill is always at the back. There's a reason for that (that I've not yet figured out), I always point my quill adapters to the back. See 0:58. At 1:25 you have it exactly backwards, at 2:58 you have it almost correct. Details, it's where we find genious. Spacers are of superfluous, aesthetic use only in these applications, they have no functional purpose. Live with it, embrace it for being what it is. It's your bike's way of saying; “I know what I am and I'm proud of it”. Or cut (maybe even carve or engrave) your own spacers out of black ABS or white PVC pipe, paint is optional. I did mod the 'top cap' on one of my PD adapters by turning the OD down with it chucked in a drill and turning against a grinder. It ended up functional with a ground swirl finish. Note that this is not a Profile Design rant, I have, love and use several of their handlebars, I'll probably buy more.
@chrisalto7313 Жыл бұрын
I’ve had great success with these adapters including stupid cold weather. A normal stem cap will not fit because the screw size is different. Keep that in mind when ordering color and logo
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@JimP419 Жыл бұрын
I ride bikelife wheelies a couple of the neighbor kids have attempted to ride hard on cheap bikes with quill stems, what I've seen is multiple steer tubes shearing off at weak points where the threads are cut. So be aware that the adapter and bars maybe good but the weak link can be the steer tube in a hard riding situation.
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@613.Rooster Жыл бұрын
Hmmmm, let's see, wonder if I like riser bars? Hahaha guess who? Happy New Year Eric!
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@Tomas.Giudici Жыл бұрын
Eric, you give me anxaety every time you take apart a bike to build another one.
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@rachmatt5082 Жыл бұрын
I think the problem is the headset stack. It's too high. Maybe cut the adapter so you don't have to use any spacer.
@Bu5t3R Жыл бұрын
I don’t think you can cut the adapter. It’s not a real headset cap if I’m not mistaken and you only have so much faux steerer tube to mount your stem onto. I could be wrong.
@613.Rooster Жыл бұрын
@@Bu5t3R Eric is using a BMX stem. Most other stems will cover the 1 1/8 clamp area of the adapter. So normally you wouldn't see that much of the clamp area. You would just use 1 inch spacers down to the locknut to cover the lower part of the adapter. Or you can clamp a nice bell onto the lower part.
@jamest4016 Жыл бұрын
I have an adapter that came with a shim so you can slam the stem and trim the shim to suit.
@davedelarosa319 Жыл бұрын
It's like Tinker Tuesday, but on a Tuesday!
@codyschaef11079 ай бұрын
I saw the center pull will the cable going through threaded stem on the donor bike. How would you switch out those bars? Do you have to cut the cable?
@jp93309 Жыл бұрын
You can find shorter threadless stem adapters on amazon for $12-15. Worth it to get the right height look.
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@uncledakotah Жыл бұрын
this is exactly what i was looking for, thank you
@dennispalabrica Жыл бұрын
Beautiful specialized retro bike 😮, can I have that 😂😂😂
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@DrSammichPHD3 ай бұрын
What size spacers are you using on the profile design adapter? I've got the same one and its sticking up and looks ugly and im going insane.
@juniper4009 Жыл бұрын
awesome! so how do you know what size quill adapter fits, can anyone help? :D
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@blouisconcept4 Жыл бұрын
Are those SK tires 26"? I can't find them anywhere!
@fangxx456 Жыл бұрын
I like the voice over style here!
@sagehiker Жыл бұрын
Ah, the $9 part needs a stem to mount that bar. Your friends could have a discard maybe. I have two 90's MTBs. I am converting one with adaptor to run a second hand pair of VO Crazy bars on a touring bike build. The second I doubled down on a pretty ($$) quill stem with face plate and 24" mm alt bars. Them rare. Adds a certain wispiness to the whip.
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@aidanoc19 Жыл бұрын
Ah Spindatt, I've missed this channel and the maybe the youtbube gods suggested this because I've always had a softspot for the rockhopper. I even saw a slightly but not much younger rockhopper today, locked to railing but abandoned and stripped of its wheels, and thought 'if only I could Rockhopper this..'
@derekhobbs1102 Жыл бұрын
Is there a quill stem adaptor that doesn't require removal to change stem?
@4unkb0y Жыл бұрын
That's my O.G. Rockhopper! & I kinda liked the factory bars & gooseneck stem :-)
@ianmacdonald487 Жыл бұрын
If the adaptor still uses a quill and wedge, why not just use a regular BMX stem? I love the concept of changing to a riser bar, I've done it to a whole bunch of bikes. As long as I have a long enough seatpost, the riser bars let me use mountain bikes which are too small for me otherwise. I put street tires on them and use them as one-speed cruisers.
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@GeekonaBike Жыл бұрын
For years I ran my Surley Karate Monkey with canti breaks with the center pull straddle hanger so as to quickly switch multiple handlebar systems. It took me 1/2 the length of this vid to go from flat to drop bars & roughly the same amt of time to switch to Ssp w/ the use of 2 sets of quick links. I like to remember that setup as the OG "Quiver Killer". PS I hate reviewers that use the term "Quiver Killer"
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@TheSpaceBrosShow Жыл бұрын
Added an adapter like that to my old Schwinn recently. Great little modernizing touch
@67spankadelik Жыл бұрын
What brand of bars? I have a 98 Gary Fisher Wahoo I think they would look great on.
@Techwonderland Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I've been living this for the past couple months. I got the same $9 adaptor. When I put dropbars on my 90's MTB, I got all kinds of weird steering feelings. I first put on 90mm 35 degree. I just put on 120mm with adjustable angle just to mess around, and that feels much better at 0 degrees. I may try 130mm 0 deg, why? Because I used this adaptor! Fun. This is the content I came here for. Next tackle 3x to 1x crank conversion and the all the odd things I learned about spindle width...
@123moof Жыл бұрын
I used one of these to fit my kid into the stoker position of a '99 Cannondale tandem. The rear adapter was for a 25.4 clamp, and was not adjustable to be long enough for his reach. Anything labeled "tandem" automatically is hard to find and exorbitantly priced. I was able to use a 25.4 to 27.2 seatpost shim to fit into the seat clamp portion of the stoker stem for the quill to cinch into. Voila! Longer, higher spot to use any 28.6 clamp stem into. All told it was under $30 for the quill adapter, shim, and cheap 31.8 clamp stem. I put some swept bars in an appropriate width for him and we were off for tandem rides in high style.
@XeviEsSe Жыл бұрын
Nice tribute to Stridsland. If only that guy had a fully updated youtube channel I,d be even happier 😂
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@MrRedPony01 Жыл бұрын
I cut a bit off the top of my adapter to get the slammed look.
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@alexs.c7631 Жыл бұрын
Dumb question, how does the fork stay in the steerer tube when you remove the quill stem?🤔
@sveablu Жыл бұрын
The fork is threaded.
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@toby9055 Жыл бұрын
As above: fork steerer is threaded and the headset has a threaded locknut to hold the fork in place.
@22Jeffers Жыл бұрын
Shorter less chunky looking stem?? Can you cut the quill adapter to be shorter for less spacers?
@johndef5075 Жыл бұрын
No. At least not the ones Ive had
@JohnMcQueen Жыл бұрын
I think it’s the chunky stem making it look a little off. I run a quill stem adapter with a mountain stem and it is a bit sleeker.
@jgriest Жыл бұрын
What type of bars are they?
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@BradWadeNL Жыл бұрын
Woah! A preview!!
@druiz127 Жыл бұрын
So where can I get the adapter from?
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@englishjona6458 Жыл бұрын
Those new handle bars nearly killed me them and the wheelie bins
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@michaelmann6482 Жыл бұрын
Also, if you happen to own (like I do. Two, actually 😬) an odd duck retro mtb with a 1-1/8 QUILL stem, they make quill adapters in that size too. Headsets are harder to find though 😉
@doztacos8913 Жыл бұрын
My specialized has bullmoose bars.
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@JogieGlenMait16 Жыл бұрын
you know what, it looks cool.
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@mountainclawoutdoors Жыл бұрын
Wow you went to the Grand Canyon for the sound Echo Echo
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@perro307ify Жыл бұрын
The streetstomper makes a welcome appearance 🤩
@sveablu Жыл бұрын
StreetStomper is a somewhat rare bike! It only appeared in the 1987 catalog. I am restoring one right now to mostly original.
@perro307ify Жыл бұрын
@@sveablu I would love 1 🤣
@sveablu Жыл бұрын
@@perro307ify Are you certain you want one? I'd take a RockHopper over it, but I really only got it to have another hobby/project bike to mess with. This is the smaller frame with 24" wheels. Pretty cute, but HEAVY as HeII!!
@perro307ify Жыл бұрын
@@sveablu I have a 1993 ish rockhopper. All original with specialized twist shift which Surprisingly works well so I have left them on.
@stuartmooreis Жыл бұрын
Whilst watching this, I was literally opening a package containing a quill stem adaptor for my 91 Diamondback that I'm building up👍
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@harrymayer-singh1432 Жыл бұрын
what size did you go with? I also have a 91 diamondback, an apex.
@MrDiabloj Жыл бұрын
U can cut the stem adaptor , original size is only for tolerances.
@pryan05p71 Жыл бұрын
Nice video Eric.
@michaeltillman886 Жыл бұрын
What's up dude? I see KZbin decided to show you some love for a change and finally post something. How you been man? It's been a while since I've scene a post. Anyway, to show you how the universe works! I have a Bianchi Nyala I'm restoring. I've been fooling around with this machine for over a year, and it's time to do something. My question is, what size quill stem should I ask for? The outside diameter threading is 15/16ths and the inside diameter is 7/8ths of an inch; or is there a standard? Glade to see you back! Peace!
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@maritimerigsofficial8233 Жыл бұрын
Ever see those caps that cover the lock nuts?
@hundefutter-mb3gc Жыл бұрын
I converted my rockhopper last summer to riser bars. Turns out I also don’t like the look of the bmx stem in combination with the stem adapter. But it really changed the felling of the bike. Hope I’ll find a solution to make it look better…
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@notpablo8369 Жыл бұрын
Clap snap friends!
@eliefourneau5082 Жыл бұрын
Hi there! I bought some motor riserbars from a weird brand, looks kind of big, i think they're 820mm ish, what's the width of this one you are using? nice swap tho! always fun to swap things knowing it'll work with the things you got laying arround hahah
@xoloitsquintli Жыл бұрын
I was just looking at these yesterday for a 90s Raleigh I just bought. Which is there more common size between the 22mm and 25mm adapters?
@613.Rooster Жыл бұрын
Hi there 22.2 mm is very common. Pull the existing stem it should be stamped on it. The common for older cruiser schwinns and retro BMX is 21.1 mm. The 25.4 is usually found on less expensive tandems and some older MTBs like GTs
@xoloitsquintli Жыл бұрын
@@613.Rooster cool, thanks! Good to know which size is most common. I'll take your advice and pull out the old one and look for the stamp.
@toby9055 Жыл бұрын
If it’s a 1” threaded headset, then the old quill stem size and therefore adapter size to fit internal diameter of the fork steerer should be 22.2mm
@Wannaridebikes Жыл бұрын
I don’t put my front break cable behind other cables due to turning it pulls the front one being it’s not the cable from that bike it fits different. Not exact length
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@trevormcrae Жыл бұрын
i have a '93 hardrock with similar bars, a front load bmx stem makes it look a million times better despite the spacers on the quill adapter
@nedasay6978 Жыл бұрын
is this the return of tinker tuesdays?!
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@twylaingerson5945 Жыл бұрын
fun garage riding!
@mitmon_8538 Жыл бұрын
Interesting how clunkers are sort of making a come back. I'm not mad about it. : )
@Spindatt Жыл бұрын
It’s all Stridlands fault! His modern retro 26ers look so cool haha Thanks a tonne for the super thanks
@gustavostringascisantos8012 Жыл бұрын
hello, what tire are you using 700c ???
@Spindatt Жыл бұрын
26”
@EriebyCycle Жыл бұрын
Looks cool to me. If nobody is lining up to promote what you are doing, you absolutely should do it yourself and not waste a second feeling bad about it.
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You have both doors! 👍
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@gregorywacker5708 Жыл бұрын
Built mt 73 falcon into A 1×9 gravel bike that way works great .
@dw-adventures Жыл бұрын
Surprised this didn't happen before especially given on the bmx content lately.
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@MadRains Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure most of the really good Stridland builds use old GTs with 1 1/8 headsets. Don’t think you’ll ever get an adapter to look quite as good. That bike does look fun as hell tho🍻
@Shadetreesurgeon1 Жыл бұрын
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@Colonist83 Жыл бұрын
I have the same bar on my Bianchi ss. I have it set with a normal mtb stem and a shim to hold it down. Makes it look more appealing compared to having the bmx stem.
@jgriest Жыл бұрын
What type of bar? I couldnt find it in the video or the links
@WalkerBikes Жыл бұрын
Used them half a dozen times and they work 👍
@ElFurioso Жыл бұрын
That looks like a 22.2 mm handlebar so you could use a BMX quill stem.
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@shawngifford Жыл бұрын
A set of riser bars or a riser stem does a lot of good on the 1990s bikes. BMX risers seem to work the best because of the sheer amount of rise you can get. 👍 A word on the quill adapters, you can find them with more exposed space if you look around. They’re a bit speedier though! Nitto, Velo Orange, probably others out there.
@613.Rooster Жыл бұрын
I'm a Velo Orange junkie. I'm currently having one of their adapters machined down to 21.1mm to fit the fork on a very early eighties mountain bike.
@DIY-DaddyO Жыл бұрын
Yeah, we love stem carrots 🥕 🎉
@WalkerBikes Жыл бұрын
I think you could remove the top cap of the adapter and just cut it (the thicker 1 1/8" section) like you would a normal steerer tube?? Then you wouldn't need the spacers? Never tried this but dont see why it wouldn't work
@kimrice394 Жыл бұрын
“My goose neck is stuck!” We legitimately called them that.
@matthewshultz8762 Жыл бұрын
Man, I wish I would have known about this earlier. Maybe they have just recently become popular but I remember trying to find a different stem length for my DIY singlespeed and only turning up with $70+ Nitto stems. The worst thing about the old 'pinch clamp' stems was having to unwrap your handlebars to swap them out. Terrible.
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@JoeyyDoesLife Жыл бұрын
Thank you for getting straight to the point!
@Shadetreesurgeon1 Жыл бұрын
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@paulbernard2397 Жыл бұрын
The only thing about this 'hack' (yawn) is that it doesn't offer the one real advantage that clamp on stems give. It won't stop the headset coming undone. I rode bmx (and all other bikes) pre ahead set (which was dia-compes patented name for it) and headsets would come undone continually. Otherwise there is no advantage to doing this unless you can stop the top nut unwinding.
@theVlKlNGR Жыл бұрын
It can work even better with an old style 22 mm BMX Quill Stem and then just using an motorcycle handle bar. Done it with my klunker commuter and the looks of it amazes me every time i´m looking at it. ;)
@hotrodjoey50jo Жыл бұрын
I put a set of Mone' Meal Replacement bars with a "slingshot BMX quill stem and STRIDESLAND Barnacle fork on my ROCKHOPPER...wOwZERS!!!
@kke4 ай бұрын
Now how to install a 1" 1/8 fork to a 1" headset? :)
@thorinbyrd1017 Жыл бұрын
yo yo yo. i just got a 95' rockhopper ultra and its has a 1 1/8" stem. it was just not thread less. i switched it to thread less and it worked perfectly.
@Cro.Mo.Sapien Жыл бұрын
Not to be a hater or anything but where are you getting these adapters for $9? They're currently like $13 wholesale and $26 MSRP for me... (For good quality ex: dimension, profile design etc. Not considering Amazon stuff where the manufacturer name is all consonants like BBVVNX)
@Shadetreesurgeon1 Жыл бұрын
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@charlesblithfield6182 Жыл бұрын
I put Jones HBars on my 86 Rockhopper.
@NickMorgan256 Жыл бұрын
When I decided I wanted to run a modern stem on my old road bike I took the long way around this and got a 1 inch headset and then found a threaded 1 inch fork with a long steerer tube with a shim. While I think it looks a little better I don’t think it was worth all the trouble. Oh and I now have a blue fork on a tan frame.
@Nahtano7 Жыл бұрын
Two things that missing to be looked-as stridsland: frameset and a barnacle fork. Hehehe
@Grrg Жыл бұрын
Great video
@Tia_makes_stuff Жыл бұрын
Why no V-brakes?
@johnboygunsling666 Жыл бұрын
Specs of bike in total ?? Tires wheels frame 👌 , ect
@NickelExpressCycling Жыл бұрын
best part ever. most of my vintage roadbikes have them. my Fakenogo is instantly that much nicer with it
@bicross87 Жыл бұрын
If the thread on the bolt of the coil stem adapter are long enough, you can also shorten the 1 1/8" part of the adapter itself to fit your BMX style stem without any spacer, reducing the stack, and giving it an even better look buddy :) Still so jealous of this bike by the way.
@Thunderthigheli Жыл бұрын
essentially the 1 1/8 adapter is treated as a fork and can be trimmed to accomplish a slammed stem?
@bicross87 Жыл бұрын
@@Thunderthigheli Pretty much, yep :) I shortened mine on a tandem without any problem since :)
@pierre85327 ай бұрын
This bike is great, what are the wheels please ? 🙂
@Spindatt7 ай бұрын
Custom white industries hubs to mavic rims
@seanwelsh2519 Жыл бұрын
The Grouch never looked so good!!
@Shadetreesurgeon1 Жыл бұрын
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