onyerbike531
Retro Guru
Hello again fellow cyclists
I have an early 1990s Peugeot Optimum which I feel a little too stretched out on, it's a 58cm frame (traditional old school geometry) with what I think is either a 100mm or even 110mm stem, I'm 6ft tall and most charts point me in the direction of a 58, I prefer the look of the older style bikes to that of the new sloping top tube and compact frames, I'm trying to tailor the fit so I'm a little bit more comfy by getting a 90mm Cinelli stem. I've run into a bit of a problem here because I'm unsure of the diameter of the quill, I've done a bit of research and found out the size of the Atax stem that came as standard on this model is a 22.2mm, does that sound right? I mean I've looked at the charts on the Cinelli site and nowhere does it seem to give you that measurement, it only seems to give measurements for the bar clamp diameter and the length.
Even more confusingly I've an older Atax stem that I think might date from the early '80s which is the perfect length but when I tried to fit it it seem ever so slightly thinner than the one already fitted to the bike; it wiggles around even with the race/nut and bolt all tightened up, I need some guidance, will a Cinelli stem fit the steerer on my Optimum? I don't want to end up buying one for it to do what the older Atax stem does.
Many thanks in advance
I have an early 1990s Peugeot Optimum which I feel a little too stretched out on, it's a 58cm frame (traditional old school geometry) with what I think is either a 100mm or even 110mm stem, I'm 6ft tall and most charts point me in the direction of a 58, I prefer the look of the older style bikes to that of the new sloping top tube and compact frames, I'm trying to tailor the fit so I'm a little bit more comfy by getting a 90mm Cinelli stem. I've run into a bit of a problem here because I'm unsure of the diameter of the quill, I've done a bit of research and found out the size of the Atax stem that came as standard on this model is a 22.2mm, does that sound right? I mean I've looked at the charts on the Cinelli site and nowhere does it seem to give you that measurement, it only seems to give measurements for the bar clamp diameter and the length.
Even more confusingly I've an older Atax stem that I think might date from the early '80s which is the perfect length but when I tried to fit it it seem ever so slightly thinner than the one already fitted to the bike; it wiggles around even with the race/nut and bolt all tightened up, I need some guidance, will a Cinelli stem fit the steerer on my Optimum? I don't want to end up buying one for it to do what the older Atax stem does.
Many thanks in advance