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  1. I have to ask this question here and not in rec,bicycles.tech. Only a racer
    can tell me, not a tech person. What is the stiffest stem on the market
    today ? Salsa is not going to make the cromoly stem till spring. It used to
    be the stiffest one. But I need one now and would like to have that stiff
    feeling to the bar during a sprinting effort.

    --
    The deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount. But nothing
    really matters much, it's doom alone that counts. And the one eyed
    undertaker, he blows a futile horn. Come in she said I'll give you shelter
    from the storm.

  2. Scott said:

    I have to ask this question here and not in rec,bicycles.tech. Only a
    racer can tell me, not a tech person. What is the stiffest stem on the
    market today ? Salsa is not going to make the cromoly stem till
    spring. It used to be the stiffest one. But I need one now and would
    like to have that stiff feeling to the bar during a sprinting effort.

    Any racer is going to tell you that his stem is the stiffest.

    --
    Bill Asher

  3. William Asher said:
    Scott said:

    I have to ask this question here and not in rec,bicycles.tech. Only a
    racer can tell me, not a tech person. What is the stiffest stem on the
    market today ? Salsa is not going to make the cromoly stem till
    spring. It used to be the stiffest one. But I need one now and would
    like to have that stiff feeling to the bar during a sprinting effort.

    Any racer is going to tell you that his stem is the stiffest.

    --
    Bill Asher

    that's not true.
    the other guy's stem is always stiffer.
    otherwise why train?
    what would there be to aspire to?
    e-RICHIE©™®

    ps - thanks for reading!

  4. Scott said:

    I have to ask this question here and not in rec,bicycles.tech. Only a racer
    can tell me, not a tech person. What is the stiffest stem on the market
    today ? Salsa is not going to make the cromoly stem till spring. It used to
    be the stiffest one. But I need one now and would like to have that stiff
    feeling to the bar during a sprinting effort.

    Don't go starting an arms race on me Scott. If you get a stiff stem,
    then I'll just have to go find one even stiffer.

    I used to use ITM's steel stems, They were inexpensivce and very solid.
    But they don't seem to make them any more. I've used Salsas before too
    and they were also very solid. Profile used to make ok steel stems too.
    I'd look for one of those three on ebay if I were you. I have a 15 cm
    Tioga T-Bone 1" quill stem I'd sell you. Interested?

    My guess is that one of those one piece carbon bar/stem combos is the
    stiffest thing you could buy.

    Bret

  5. Scott said:

    I have to ask this question here and not in rec,bicycles.tech. Only a racer
    can tell me, not a tech person. What is the stiffest stem on the market
    today ? Salsa is not going to make the cromoly stem till spring. It used to
    be the stiffest one. But I need one now and would like to have that stiff
    feeling to the bar during a sprinting effort.

    Whatever Eddy Planckaert was using when he won the 1988
    Ronde van Vlaandaren should give you that stiff feeling to the
    bar during a sprint.

  6. William Asher said:


    Any racer is going to tell you that his stem is the stiffest.

    Though that's not a hard and fast rule.

  7. "Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:42mel8F1k5afdU1
    @individual.net:

    Quoted message said:
    William Asher said:


    Any racer is going to tell you that his stem is the stiffest.

    Though that's not a hard and fast rule.

    As usual, you come up with the long and short of it.

    --
    Bill Asher

  8. William Asher said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any racer is going to tell you that his stem is the stiffest.

    Robert Chung said:
    Quoted message said:

    Though that's not a hard and fast rule.

    William Asher said:

    As usual, you come up with the long and short of it.

    http://www.afraidtoask.com/members/graph2.html

  9. Donald Munro said:
    William Asher said:
    Quoted message said:

    >Any racer is going to tell you that his stem is the stiffest.

    Robert Chung said:
    Quoted message said:

    Though that's not a hard and fast rule.

    William Asher said:

    As usual, you come up with the long and short of it.

    http://www.afraidtoask.com/members/graph2.html

    http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/7763005cp.shtml

    I'd like to confirm the absence of penile dysfunction in this household
    and confirm the expected arrival of Son No. 1 around 5th June 2006.
    Initial scans indicate long femurs, which bodes well for the future.

  10. Stu Fleming said:

    I'd like to confirm the absence of penile dysfunction in this household
    and confirm the expected arrival of Son No. 1 around 5th June 2006.

    Congratulations.

    Quoted message said:

    Initial scans indicate long femurs, which bodes well for the future.

    Yes but what about the weight genes ?

  11. Donald Munro said:

    http://www.afraidtoask.com/members/graph2.html

    Hmmm. Pie chart.

  12. Stu Fleming said:

    confirm the expected arrival of Son No. 1 around 5th June 2006.

    http://bicycling.about.com/cs/toppicks/tp/aatp110603a.htm

  13. Stu Fleming said:

    I'd like to confirm the absence of penile dysfunction in this household
    and confirm the expected arrival of Son No. 1 around 5th June 2006.
    Initial scans indicate long femurs, which bodes well for the future.

    http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3600788

    "Interchangeable security blankets". Gerber 3-panel are the ones you
    want, get about 40 or so; sometimes found at Babies R Us.

    http://www.toys2wish4.com/wiinst.html

    Mounted at his end of the changing table, black/white images to start.
    IME, babies love these, notwithstanding initial parental scoffing.
    (Note: the Wimmer-Ferguson item, along with Gerber diapers, can be
    difficult to locate for purchase. I don't know why.)

    You're quite welcome, Mr. Fleming. A contribution to your favorite
    charity will be fine... --D-y

    P.S. Congratulations!

  14. Donald Munro said:
    William Asher said:
    Quoted message said:

    > Any racer is going to tell you that his stem is the stiffest.

    Robert Chung said:
    Quoted message said:

    Though that's not a hard and fast rule.

    William Asher said:

    As usual, you come up with the long and short of it.

    http://www.afraidtoask.com/members/graph2.html

    http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6874/1/1

    I bet you wish you were called "Ol' Stumpy" now.

    --
    Bill Asher

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