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"Steve Sr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.
You can use a thin metal shim.
"RonSonic" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 01:52:31 GMT, "Gooserider" <[email hidden]>
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"Steve Sr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.You can use a thin metal shim.
Hrrrruh?
Yup.
They make them with negative thickness these days.
Gooserider said:
"Steve Sr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.You can use a thin metal shim.
Hrrrruh?
Steve:
Hell yeah, this is wrong! Not a good idea. See my suggestion in my
response to your other post about sources for a 130 degree road stem.
App
"jtaylor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"RonSonic" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 01:52:31 GMT, "Gooserider" <[email hidden]>
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"Steve Sr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
> life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
> bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
> available for Mountain bars.
>You can use a thin metal shim.
Hrrrruh?
Yup.
They make them with negative thickness these days.
D'oh! Sorry 'bout that....
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:08:55 -0400, "jtaylor" <[email hidden]>
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"RonSonic" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 01:52:31 GMT, "Gooserider" <[email hidden]>
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"Steve Sr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
> life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
> bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
> available for Mountain bars.
>You can use a thin metal shim.
Hrrrruh?
Yup.
They make them with negative thickness these days.
Cool, can I get 'em at Harbor Freight. The Hole Mover I bought there has come in
real handy. Between the two I can go back to measuring once.
Ron
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