MacRetro chat and rides thread

[jimo746]

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Can anyone suggest somewhere that can make me a stem?
Steel I'm guessing.
Anyone had one made? Cost?

 

[RobMac]

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Tell us more, dimensions, purpose etc :shock:

 

[clubby]

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Just had a look at Kinetic cycles in Glasgow.
Not building them at the moment but he quotes £150.
Can see them being pretty labour intensive for what they are.
Like Rob asked, what you looking for that you can’t find?

 

[jimo746]

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Tell us more, dimensions, purpose etc :shock:

The stem is the component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the steerer tube of the bicycle fork

Thought you would have known that Rob


The old 1.56" 'Dale stems are a bugger to find in shorter lengths, or with a decent amount of rise, I had thought getting one made would be a relatively cost effective option compared to locating a suitable original stem.

Closest I can find is this 90mm 20 degree stem... https://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/componen ... tem-p17867

But I'd still like one shorter, and more rise.... Ideally.

 

[clubby]

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That was the shortest I could find when I had my Delta V.
They did make an 80mm and 60mm x 20deg but pretty impossible to find.

Have you thought about these instead?

https://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/componen ... gI9E_D_BwE

 

[jimo746]

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Are you trying to say I have long arms?

I've ordered one of the 90mm/20° stems, I'll see how I get on with that.
It seems a custom stem is out of budget (it's more than I paid for the whole bike! ).

 

[jimo746]

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In case anyone fancies some creepy cyclo-cross "fun"...

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/event ... yclo-cross

* and no, I will not be getting my ghoulies out

 

[jimo746]

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Received an email the other day to say that the Halloween-X event has been cancelled due to Coronavirus restrictions

 

[clubby]

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Received an email the other day to say that the Halloween-X event has been cancelled due to Coronavirus restrictions

Bet you’re glad now. Pi$$ed down here for the last fortnight and blowing a proper gale this afternoon.

 

[jimo746]

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Yeah, so I'd arranged to do the "Deeside Dawdle" audax ride instead, but that was cancelled due to the shite weather too
Doing the ride next Saturday instead
So today was a good day to ride indoors on the trainer instead.