How do you measure to get the size of stem you need?

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How do you measure to get the size of stem you need?
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flag nishnash
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Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:42 Quote
angle of rise is the angle of the stem when mounted to the steerer.
length is the distance ebtween the center of the two clamps.
flag sie7e
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:43 Quote
3 means bar height... like super high for dirt street (ns bars for example)
4 goes for bar lenght, like super long bars for DH, that almost look like plane wings lol
flag cranxwork
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Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:43 Quote
Kyle-Goetz wrote:
cranxwork wrote:
There is three four measurements for a stem:

1: Steerer tube width - 1and1/8th or 1.5"
2:Handlebar diameter: 25.4 mm or 31.8 mm
3: Angle of rise
4: Extension in mm (between steerer tube and bar)


Spank make good purple stems I think.

haha you lost me in questions 3 and 4.
sterrer tube is 1 1\8
handle bar is 31.8

Well for 4 that is the extension so like xc stems are generally really long and DH really short and it can be anywhere inbetween

I dont really know what three is but i suppose some stems are flat along and some make the bar higher up
flag Kyle-Goetz
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:45 Quote
i'm on the site they only have black :S
flag sie7e
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:45 Quote
woops i was talking about bars. the guy above me is right.
most common stem, truvativ o rise, 50mm long
flag nishnash
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Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:46 Quote
no dude dont....get a Straitline in red
http://www.straitlinecomponents.com/products/split_stem.php
flag sie7e
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:47 Quote
straitline is crazy expensive haha or get the skull stem haha
flag cranxwork
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Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:48 Quote
nishnash wrote:
no dude dont....get a Straitline in red
http://www.straitlinecomponents.com/products/split_stem.php

Thats super nice. I love straitline, they are a bit out of my price range though really.
flag nishnash
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Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:49 Quote
Dude straitline is soo worth it though, super light, all CDN made, even the metal is from canada. The company doesnt have some huge factory either, just a metal shop on the island....and dude so freaking strong.
flag evan247
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:49 Quote
truvative makes a purple stem to match the argyle 409.
flag cranxwork
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Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:52 Quote
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Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://www.solidbikes.de/images/parts/lenker/lenker_76_big.jpg

I'm hoping to get this bar and stem combo soon (for DH). What do you guys think??
(Bar is 760mm wide tup And the stem in red.
flag Kyle-Goetz
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:53 Quote
sie7e wrote:
photo

skull stem FTW



AHH thats sick
flag cranxwork
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Posted: Jul 14, 2009 at 10:54 Quote
Kyle-Goetz wrote:
sie7e wrote:
photo

skull stem FTW



AHH thats sick


Yer and its about 250 bucks

 


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