Schwinny
I live for the CABE
I just heard that sound.
You know the sound. The trombone giving you one of those whaaaa...whaaaaaa
I thought I was gonna be cool...er. But, no.
Spiffin up my latest abomination, Im looking through trinkets and I come across the coveted Schwinn track stem. Its got issues, its cheap...er than one without issues. So I got it thinking I was going to put it on my lightweight to solve my handlebar comfort situation and of course, to be super cool at a discount.
I took care of all the issues, even spent more money on it. I bumped that track stem up to above average-ish.
But did ya know? no matter what you do, a 22mm stem will not pound into a 21.5mm hole.
Oh Well. I buy a lot of parts. Cool ones that I like and then end up building a bike around them. The current one is built around a feather chain guard. I guess I'm going to be finding an older fork to fit this stem or hang it on the wall and start building its pedestal bike for it in my head.
But.....
I could extend the split in the stems wedge end a ways and neck it down- thus actually ruining it for any future intended purpose including sales.
I could hone the outside of the stem and inside of the fork but there isn't .5mm of meat to remove - that might be a disaster recipe.
I could make it fit in ways untold and the bike might never come apart again. - I won't care when Im dead.
Does anyone have any ideas short of hari-kari?
It would be great if there were a left handed inside whatsit sleeve adapter that breaks the laws of physics that Im not aware of that might solve this.....
But until then, short of a cycle truck stem, what's the longest vertical reach stem Schwinn came out with?
You know the sound. The trombone giving you one of those whaaaa...whaaaaaa
I thought I was gonna be cool...er. But, no.
Spiffin up my latest abomination, Im looking through trinkets and I come across the coveted Schwinn track stem. Its got issues, its cheap...er than one without issues. So I got it thinking I was going to put it on my lightweight to solve my handlebar comfort situation and of course, to be super cool at a discount.
I took care of all the issues, even spent more money on it. I bumped that track stem up to above average-ish.
But did ya know? no matter what you do, a 22mm stem will not pound into a 21.5mm hole.
Oh Well. I buy a lot of parts. Cool ones that I like and then end up building a bike around them. The current one is built around a feather chain guard. I guess I'm going to be finding an older fork to fit this stem or hang it on the wall and start building its pedestal bike for it in my head.
But.....
I could extend the split in the stems wedge end a ways and neck it down- thus actually ruining it for any future intended purpose including sales.
I could hone the outside of the stem and inside of the fork but there isn't .5mm of meat to remove - that might be a disaster recipe.
I could make it fit in ways untold and the bike might never come apart again. - I won't care when Im dead.
Does anyone have any ideas short of hari-kari?
It would be great if there were a left handed inside whatsit sleeve adapter that breaks the laws of physics that Im not aware of that might solve this.....
But until then, short of a cycle truck stem, what's the longest vertical reach stem Schwinn came out with?