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Can anyone suggest somewhere that can make me a stem?
Steel I'm guessing.
Anyone had one made? Cost?
 
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Just had a look at Kinetic cycles in Glasgow.
Not building them at the moment but he quotes £150.
Can see them being pretty labour intensive for what they are.
Like Rob asked, what you looking for that you can’t find?
 
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RobMac":1olh4pns said:
Tell us more, dimensions, purpose etc :shock:

The stem is the component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the steerer tube of the bicycle fork

Thought you would have known that Rob :LOL:


The old 1.56" 'Dale stems are a bugger to find in shorter lengths, or with a decent amount of rise, I had thought getting one made would be a relatively cost effective option compared to locating a suitable original stem.

Closest I can find is this 90mm 20 degree stem... https://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/componen ... tem-p17867

But I'd still like one shorter, and more rise.... Ideally.
 
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Are you trying to say I have long arms? :LOL:

I've ordered one of the 90mm/20° stems, I'll see how I get on with that.
It seems a custom stem is out of budget (it's more than I paid for the whole bike! :LOL:).
 
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Received an email the other day to say that the Halloween-X event has been cancelled due to Coronavirus restrictions :(
 
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jimo746":2z3dlzml said:
Received an email the other day to say that the Halloween-X event has been cancelled due to Coronavirus restrictions :(

Bet you’re glad now. Pi$$ed down here for the last fortnight and blowing a proper gale this afternoon.
 
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Yeah, so I'd arranged to do the "Deeside Dawdle" audax ride instead, but that was cancelled due to the shite weather too :(
Doing the ride next Saturday instead :)
So today was a good day to ride indoors on the trainer instead.
 
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