Tioga T-Bone Stem

[Rampage]

I have a Tioga T-Bone stem on my '89 Diamondback and find the front wheel tries to wash out too much. This, I believe is due to the headangles from that era.
I was planning to put a shorter stem on it, but after measuring mine, I have found it to be only 110mm long.

So, what I need to know is: Did Tioga ever make T-Bones in a shorter length?
Or, is there another way of improving the handling? Other than fitting longer forks?!

 

[T'boo Ted]

i'll swap you!, your t-bone for my 1in girvin flexstem

I remember swapping from the t-bone 9to race DH of course), and wasn't till a long timne later that i realised that the girvin was like 0 rise or something and made it much more twitchy and took me forever to get used to it...

 

[Rampage]

No thanks! I've never liked the Flexstem!

 

[Konaglider]

I'd suggest a less steep angle on your stem.

The high angle will 'amplify' your steering input as will flat bars with high degree of sweep if you have them pointing up noticably.

 

[Rampage]

Do you mean a stem with a steeper angle?
As a stem with the same length but steeper angle will effectively shorten the stem length?

 

[Elev12k]

BikePro informs us that the shortest they carried is 90mm

http://www.bikepro.com/products/stems/tioga.shtml

 

[Konaglider]

No, I find that as the angle of the stem decreases, steering 'feel' will feel less immediate/twitchy.

Try a 'flatter' angle eg +6deg. Length will be whatever suits your build( in relation to the frame/top tube length etc)and riding style best.

 

[Rampage]

Excellent thanks, that's quite interesting.

 

[reanimation]

I've got a 90mm with a fair bit of rise. 1 1/8

 

[Rampage]

It's 22.2 I need

But thanks