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Old March 28th 19, 09:11 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
AK[_2_]
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I like riding in as upright position as possible.

My current stem is already maxxed out on the height.

My bike is a Huffy mountain bike.

Are the stems standard width or do I need to measure the diameter?

Andy
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Old March 28th 19, 09:15 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default Longer bike stem

On 3/28/2019 3:11 PM, AK wrote:
I like riding in as upright position as possible.

My current stem is already maxxed out on the height.

My bike is a Huffy mountain bike.

Are the stems standard width or do I need to measure the diameter?

Andy


Yes.

If you do not have a vernier caliper, wrap a paper around it
to measure circumference then divide by pi.

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Old March 28th 19, 09:53 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
AK[_2_]
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Default Longer bike stem

On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 3:15:21 PM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2019 3:11 PM, AK wrote:
I like riding in as upright position as possible.

My current stem is already maxxed out on the height.

My bike is a Huffy mountain bike.

Are the stems standard width or do I need to measure the diameter?

Andy


Yes.

If you do not have a vernier caliper, wrap a paper around it
to measure circumference then divide by pi.

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


Diameter is .875 inches.

I realized that I may need to replace some or both brake and shift cables because I think I could only go about 2 inches higher with the new stem.

Andy
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Old March 29th 19, 12:30 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default Longer bike stem

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:15:12 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/28/2019 3:11 PM, AK wrote:
I like riding in as upright position as possible.

My current stem is already maxxed out on the height.

My bike is a Huffy mountain bike.

Are the stems standard width or do I need to measure the diameter?

Andy


Yes.

If you do not have a vernier caliper, wrap a paper around it
to measure circumference then divide by pi.


What kind of pi. Lemon? Apple?

(O.K. sorry about that, but the temptation was overwhelming :-)\
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cheers,

John B.

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Old March 29th 19, 03:33 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
AK[_2_]
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Default Longer bike stem

On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 6:30:29 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:15:12 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/28/2019 3:11 PM, AK wrote:
I like riding in as upright position as possible.

My current stem is already maxxed out on the height.

My bike is a Huffy mountain bike.

Are the stems standard width or do I need to measure the diameter?

Andy


Yes.

If you do not have a vernier caliper, wrap a paper around it
to measure circumference then divide by pi.


What kind of pi. Lemon? Apple?

(O.K. sorry about that, but the temptation was overwhelming :-)\
--
cheers,

John B.


Keep your day job. :-)

Andy
 




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