73 degree or thereabouts stems

Hello:

Does anybody know who makes stems around that range? My new bike has a
rather long headtube, and I need something to lower my bars.

I know Ricthey made a 73, but apparently they discontinued that, or so I
heard.

Thanks.
AC

"AC" wrote
Does anybody know who makes stems around that range? My new bike has a
rather long headtube, and I need something to lower my bars.

Thanks.
AC

Dave sez:
Bontrager makes a fine set of stems in -17 deg. Very stiff and not too
expensive. You see them on e-bay a lot. Only trouble I have with them is the
two bolt face plate and the bolts are not SS so they rust very fast in the
road salt, other than that they are very good.

Check out http://tinyurl.com/5dr24 for details.

Dave
Noblesville Indiana

"AC" writes:

Hello:

Does anybody know who makes stems around that range? My new bike has
a rather long headtube, and I need something to lower my bars.

I know Ricthey made a 73, but apparently they discontinued that, or
so I heard.

Are you looking for a quill stem or a threadless stem? If the latter,
they are often called "-17 degree" stems. However, thanks to the
trend of fitting people on too-small frames with threadless headsets,
stems such as these have become less common than they used to be. 90
degree plus 5 or 10 degrees uptilt is pretty much the norm.

AC wrote:
Does anybody know who makes stems around that range?

Deda Zero: 72 deg

~PB

ps. The Deda's minimal 37mm steerer clamp also helps lower the bars.

~PB

AC wrote:
Does anybody know who makes stems around that range? My new bike has a
rather long headtube, and I need something to lower my bars.
I know Ricthey made a 73, but apparently they discontinued that, or so I
heard.

If you mean a quill or an ahead stem which extends parallel
to the ground, there's no shortage of them. Nomenclature has
gotten impenetrable (-15?) but the stems haven't changed.

(p.s.- over 100mm you can't tell 74 degrees from 73 degrees)
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A Muzi wrote:

If you mean a quill or an ahead stem which extends parallel
to the ground, there's no shortage of them.

I disagree that there's no shortage when it comes to ahead stems.

Please name some ~73 deg ahead stems with 25.8 or 26.0 bar clamp. I only
know of the Deda Zero and the Ritchey ones. It seems to me that, unlike
quill stems, the norm angle for ahead stems is about 82 degrees, and that
makes a crucial difference.

Nomenclature has
gotten impenetrable (-15?) but the stems haven't changed.

I think the stems /have/ changed.

~PB

I looked around and it looks like the Zero is no longer made. Anything
around -17 to -15 would be just fine.

Thanks.
AC

"Pete Biggs" wrote in message
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AC wrote:
Does anybody know who makes stems around that range?

Deda Zero: 72 deg

~PB

AC wrote:
I looked around and it looks like the Zero is no longer made. Anything
around -17 to -15 would be just fine.

You may still be able to find one, though. eBay?

~PB

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:42:37 GMT, "AC" wrote:

I looked around and it looks like the Zero is no longer made. Anything
around -17 to -15 would be just fine.

Thanks.
AC

Is -12 close enough?
http://www.bontrager.com/Road/Components/Stems/5833.php