Ive been looking at options for my not blingy but canti braked '92 Clockwork build, ive no stem currently, ive looked at the hanger things instead of steerer spacer, still not sure I like it, current thinking is the impossible find of 1" girvin flexstem with noodle, in a short length..I'm thinking about moving away from V's on my SS to be able to use some Chicken Stix and up the "brit part count" on my Brit build. Would look for some boutique red cantis and (If I can find some) some brit manufactured straddle yokes. Performance will be infinitely worse, but this is about show, not about go (well, stop actually).
Trouble is I'm using an RC31 and it doesn't have a hole for a hanger for the cable run. I'd also need to flip the brake mounts over from each leg so the faced forward rather than backward. I'd need something to replace a stem spacer and allow cable routing.
This is fine, but all the ones I've seen look pretty average. Anyone know of anything boutique, lightweight and (hopefully) anodised red?
I know they are marmite but I have bikes where the squidge would be an issue, but this is potter to the pub etc bike, not a race bike, and my bike pack bike has one, and its a positive in comfort, and looks retro. World is full of 1" 1/8" ones it seems..
I may be grateful I have seen the dia compe option, if they do them in the right size for threaded steerers... be interested to see what posh british canti bits this thread fills with, as at the time I used what I could find cheap etc, back in my teens which was all shimano lower half the groupsets.
I discovered dia compe on one bike and wont have anything else now, so much more powerful , easy to set up, aesthetics etc..
I think they did the Dia compe in red.. I love mine.