1996 Kona Cinder Cone

[bold stelvis]

used to run 2.5" Azonic risers in a velocity stem

cromo or alloy stem?

honestly when I tried to get the supercross bars in, it felt like there was no way on earth it was ever gonna fit through (and I'm used to trying to finaggle bars through quill stems on the road bike) - not even close

would live to know what the secret sauce is if you managed this!

for ref - bars like these - not very extreme

 

[mk one]

cromo or alloy stem?

honestly when I tried to get the supercross bars in, it felt like there was no way on earth it was ever gonna fit through (and I'm used to trying to finaggle bars through quill stems on the road bike) - not even close

would live to know what the secret sauce is if you managed this!

for ref - bars like these - not very extreme

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Yeah, standard cromo stem.

Haven't had to do it since bitd, though still get smaller rise bars like the one above in now and again. When you get to the bend I twist them upside down while pushing, kind of like screwing them in, they then go past the first kink, then again for the second kink. It is easy to mark the bars though, but you can get it through without marking them. If you get it right the bars seem to go through effortlessly, almost falling past the kinks, as you know though, it can be a right struggle sometimes.

 

[bold stelvis]

cool. I suspect the later alloy version of the velocity (which is what I have) might be wider, and less flexible at the clamp than the cromo one though. its VERY wide TBH, and hence any significant bend angle at all and the bars wedge solid.

I have successfully installed modern style drops on my road bike which has a quill stem and that was pretty difficult, but doable just - so I'm familiar with orientated the bends around as you go to get the narrowed part of the stem angled to the inner bar radius. the clamp on that stem though is literally about 4 times less wide than the velocity

 

[bikeworkshop]

Fit a long flat bar...

and then use a 7/8 pipe bender to make the rise, custom
Only kidding.

Those stems didn't take a riser, so live flat or swap stem