73 degree or thereabouts stems

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

Pete Biggs wrote:
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.

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


(pb) I think the stems /have/ changed.

I think you have a point. I should have looked first.

While there certainly are some ( the Ritchey you mentioned,
Profile, Santana's Evolution [for tandems], there a _lot_
more "82" than "73". Geez that changed fast!

Here are some shown against a Technomic:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...st/STEMZ73.JPG

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Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Thanks!

"A Muzi" wrote in message
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A Muzi wrote:
If you mean a quill or an ahead stem which extends parallel
to the ground, there's no shortage of them.

Pete Biggs wrote:
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.

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


(pb) I think the stems /have/ changed.

I think you have a point. I should have looked first.

While there certainly are some ( the Ritchey you mentioned, Profile,
Santana's Evolution [for tandems], there a _lot_ more "82" than "73". Geez
that changed fast!

Here are some shown against a Technomic:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...st/STEMZ73.JPG

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

AC wrote:
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

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/...tegory_ID=5235

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.

What length do you need. I have a few ITM stems that I believe are 17
degree. The downside is that they are closed face, which never
bothered me. I changed frame size and now need longer stems than 110.