125mm stem HELP

HELP! I'm looking for a 125mm road stem (31.8 clamp) I've looked
around and can't find one. It doesn't seem as if QBP have any.
Doesn't anyone out there at least know of any brands who if nothing
else "claim" to make a 125mm stem? Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

Any help much appreciated.
cheers
Sim Green

On Mar 17, 6:12*am, Sim wrote:
...*Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

I just did a QBP search at aebike.com for 125mm 31.8 clamp stems and
it shows two adjustable (I know, not your preference) stems, one from
Dimension, one from Oval Concepts.

If you need something so specific as 125mm only, you should specify
what rise angle you want since a given 130mm or 120mm stem might give
you the same position at various rise angles and a rearrangement of
the spacer stacking.

On Mar 17, 5:12*am, Sim wrote:
HELP! *I'm looking for a 125mm road stem (31.8 clamp) *I've looked
around and can't find one. *It doesn't seem as if QBP have any.
Doesn't anyone out there at least know of any brands who if nothing
else "claim" to make a 125mm stem? *Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. *Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

Any help much appreciated.
cheers
Sim Green

Buddy if you're this worried about position, you probably are one of
those freaks trying to shave 3 gms off of your rotational weight.

Here's a tip, take a big dump for every race and if you're still not
winning, hit the needle.

5mm is anal.

On Mar 17, 5:43*am, Victor Kan wrote:
On Mar 17, 6:12*am, Sim wrote:

...*Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. *Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

I just did a QBP search at aebike.com for 125mm 31.8 clamp stems and
it shows two adjustable (I know, not your preference) stems, one from
Dimension, one from Oval Concepts.

If you need something so specific as 125mm only, you should specify
what rise angle you want since a given 130mm or 120mm stem might give
you the same position at various rise angles and a rearrangement of
the spacer stacking.

Or, the OP could get a set of bars with a slightly longer reach and
just use a 120.

On Mar 17, 9:43*am, Anton Berlin wrote:
On Mar 17, 5:12*am, Sim wrote:

HELP! *I'm looking for a 125mm road stem (31.8 clamp) *I've looked
around and can't find one. *It doesn't seem as if QBP have any.
Doesn't anyone out there at least know of any brands who if nothing
else "claim" to make a 125mm stem? *Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. *Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

Any help much appreciated.
cheers
Sim Green

Buddy if you're this worried about position, you probably are one of
those freaks trying to shave 3 gms off of your rotational weight.

Here's a tip, take a big dump for every race and if you're still not
winning, hit the needle.

5mm is anal.

Following is a link to ebaybike partsstems125:

http://tinyurl.com/yd9p2g9

No results for 12.5.

You're entirely welcome, if this helps.
--D-y

On Mar 17, 3:43*pm, Anton Berlin wrote:
On Mar 17, 5:12*am, Sim wrote:

HELP! *I'm looking for a 125mm road stem (31.8 clamp) *I've looked
around and can't find one. *It doesn't seem as if QBP have any.
Doesn't anyone out there at least know of any brands who if nothing
else "claim" to make a 125mm stem? *Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. *Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

Any help much appreciated.
cheers
Sim Green

Buddy if you're this worried about position, you probably are one of
those freaks trying to shave 3 gms off of your rotational weight.

Here's a tip, take a big dump for every race and if you're still not
winning, hit the needle.

5mm is anal.

5mm IS anal. I know, nuts. I've been riding for a while both with
130mm and 120mm. I can't change the frame, so I figured I'd go for a
125 stem. And I'm not a weight freak by any stretch of the
imagination. I would just be better off, and in the same position as
my preivous brand bikes on a 125mm. Thanks though.
Sim

You idiots need to take an account the thickness of the bar wrap.
Just a single mm difference in thickness can throw your entire
position off !

What about the hydration of the person or whether they stretched or
did heavy weights recently?

The god damn measurments must be exact ! And every little change must
be reameassured against the entire set up.

I know two guys that died of spontaneous combustion caused by over
heating in their helmets because they failed to ccount for the angle
of incidence of the sun while traveling southwest in the spring at an
inclination of 234.598 degrees for more than 3 minutes and 47
seconds.

On the other hand I know several world champions that never even
actually rode or trained at all but spent all of their time making
sure their position was exact and making the changes neccesary to
create the perfect position.

Those gold medal are a testament to their wise decision to focus on
this critical element. Don't make the same mistake and let any
single measurement be off by more than .1 nanometer. And don't waste
your time with high priced bike parts. A Schwinn stingray and a Leica
laser measuring system is all you need.

On Mar 17, 5:17*pm, --D-y wrote:
On Mar 17, 9:43*am, Anton Berlin wrote:





On Mar 17, 5:12*am, Sim wrote:

HELP! *I'm looking for a 125mm road stem (31.8 clamp) *I've looked
around and can't find one. *It doesn't seem as if QBP have any.
Doesn't anyone out there at least know of any brands who if nothing
else "claim" to make a 125mm stem? *Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. *Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

Any help much appreciated.
cheers
Sim Green

Buddy if you're this worried about position, you probably are one of
those freaks trying to shave 3 gms off of your rotational weight.

Here's a tip, take a big dump for every race and if you're still not
winning, hit the needle.

5mm is anal.

Following is a link to ebaybike partsstems125:

http://tinyurl.com/yd9p2g9

No results for 12.5.

You're entirely welcome, if this helps.
--D-y- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Cheers all. The only thing I've found is a Deda Newton, but it's
apparently very rare in the US and I can't get hold of it over here
either. Ugh. If only my frame were a "normal" size.

Thank for all you're input.
Sim Green

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5mm IS anal. I know, nuts. I've been riding for a while both with
130mm and 120mm. I can't change the frame, so I figured I'd go for a
125 stem. And I'm not a weight freak by any stretch of the
imagination. I would just be better off, and in the same position as
my preivous brand bikes on a 125mm. Thanks though.
Sim
======

As was pointed out previously, you *can* have your 125 measurement, by
simply getting a stem with a different angle, and adjusting for the height
difference by using spacers above or below it. A 130mm 17degree stem in the
"up" position is likely go put you in-between (as in, about 125mm) a 120mm &
130mm 7degree stem (also in the "up" position).

And, as somebody else pointed out, you could get a bar with a
slightly-different forward reach. If you don't spend much time on the center
straight part of the bar, this will work just as well as a different stem.

Lots of ways to get there, once you've defined where "there" is.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA


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On Mar 17, 3:43 pm, Anton Berlin wrote:
On Mar 17, 5:12 am, Sim wrote:

HELP! I'm looking for a 125mm road stem (31.8 clamp) I've looked
around and can't find one. It doesn't seem as if QBP have any.
Doesn't anyone out there at least know of any brands who if nothing
else "claim" to make a 125mm stem? Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

Any help much appreciated.
cheers
Sim Green

Buddy if you're this worried about position, you probably are one of
those freaks trying to shave 3 gms off of your rotational weight.

Here's a tip, take a big dump for every race and if you're still not
winning, hit the needle.

5mm is anal.

5mm IS anal. I know, nuts. I've been riding for a while both with
130mm and 120mm. I can't change the frame, so I figured I'd go for a
125 stem. And I'm not a weight freak by any stretch of the
imagination. I would just be better off, and in the same position as
my preivous brand bikes on a 125mm. Thanks though.
Sim

On Mar 17, 5:12*am, Sim wrote:
HELP! *I'm looking for a 125mm road stem (31.8 clamp) *I've looked
around and can't find one. *It doesn't seem as if QBP have any.
Doesn't anyone out there at least know of any brands who if nothing
else "claim" to make a 125mm stem? *Preferably not carbon and not
overpriced, not adjustable or anything silly like that. *Someone told
me the Deda Newton comes in a 125, but QBP don't seem to stock it.

Any help much appreciated.
cheers
Sim Green

Get a Llwellen Stem kit (steel) and have one made to the exact length
you want.