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Giant Suede Coasting dealer question
I recently purchased two Giant Suede Coasting bicycles from an
Indianapolis bike shop. My wife's bike is a yellow 2008 Coasting W and looks exactly like every Suede Coasting picture that I can fine. Mine is a 2007 silver 17" frame and has a significantly different stem than hers. I have been unable to find a single picture of one with a stem like mine. All of the Giant photos show a rather plain, non adjustable, alloy stem with a two bolt face plate. Mine is equipped with a rather ornate, sculptured, non adjustable alloy stem with a single bolt clamp. While not a problem I am curious if some Suede Coasting bikes were provided with different stems or if this may have been substituted by my LBS because of some defect in the original stem. My LBS was not aware that the stem had been changed........ I have searched the web and have not been able to find a similarly shaped alloy riser stem. I could email a picture if it would help identify it but I thought that a Giant dealer might be aware of substitute stems on the Suede Coastings. As a side comment the Suede Coasting is a GREAT bike path bicycle. We both love them. My regular bike is a 2002 Specialized Allez Sport which is getting ridden less and less Mike |
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Giant Suede Coasting dealer question
On Aug 5, 2:21 pm, k9jri wrote:
I recently purchased two GiantSuedeCoastingbicycles from an Indianapolis bike shop. My wife's bike is a yellow 2008CoastingW and looks exactly like everySuedeCoastingpicture that I can fine. Mine is a 2007 silver 17" frame and has a significantly different stem than hers. I have been unable to find a single picture of one with a stem like mine. All of the Giant photos show a rather plain, non adjustable, alloy stem with a two bolt face plate. Mine is equipped with a rather ornate, sculptured, non adjustable alloy stem with a single bolt clamp. While not a problem I am curious if someSuedeCoastingbikes were provided with different stems or if this may have been substituted by my LBS because of some defect in the original stem. My LBS was not aware that the stem had been changed........ I have searched the web and have not been able to find a similarly shaped alloy riser stem. I could email a picture if it would help identify it but I thought that a Giant dealer might be aware of substitute stems on theSuedeCoastings. As a side comment theSuedeCoastingis a GREAT bike path bicycle. We both love them. My regular bike is a 2002 Specialized Allez Sport which is getting ridden less and less Mike I found the stem in Indy Cycle today on the Giant parts shelf. The label on the package called it a "Simple Cruiser Stem" and the bike technician told me that every once in a while one of the cruiser family of bikes will come in with this stem rather than their regular 2 bolt face plate stem. He was not aware of any reason why other than they may just have been out of the regular stem or someone just made a mistake. I was happy that it was a Giant product rather than something that my LBS put on because of some fault with the original. Mike |
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