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• #1827
Most people loathe the idea of using adapters. As for me, I don't give a rat's ass about aesthetics, and I use them all the time. Newer stems and bars provide a gazillion more options, so I can set the cockpit up properly to my needs. If I'd go for the looks I'd deffo go with quills though.
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• #1828
you can get some 31.8 quill stems
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• #1829
but on an old GT i'm doing at the moment I just got new forks and headset, because it needs a really short stem. it seems so much lighter to use Ahead rather than any type of quill.
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• #1831
Funny that, I saw this yesterday and nearly took a pic myself... looks great!!!
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• #1832
Wow. That is very quite sort of purple.
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• #1833
:) this whips.
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• #1834
Yum
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• #1835
This is noice purple.
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• #1836
Oh damn, the colour is great - was honesty expecting blue but this is pretty damn nice.
Fits 2.2s clearly which is nice, lock ring on the headset comes off but the next bit down feels a little seized.
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• #1837
You've made it! We'll teach you the special handshake shortly.
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• #1838
Nice. But be gentle on the rear dropouts, these are those early 'dales weak spot.
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• #1839
Lush
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• #1840
This is special. Looking forward to seeing what you with it.
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• #1841
Stripped some parts off another bike and began putting bits together. Having problems with the bottom bracket from the donor bike so not sure what I want to do about having very mismatchy stuff on there.
Sorry about the valve alignment on the back! 😅
Never took myself as someone who cared about that sort of thing...
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• #1842
Amazing!
(Needs a turbo)
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• #1843
And a supercharger
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• #1844
I agree. With some creative spacers it doesn't look too bad if the proportions matches up:
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• #1845
Couple of current retro mtb projects I have on the go; more detail on each in their build threads.
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• #1846
After a few days of topping up the headset with WD40, I've finally managed to get the threaded top race off the Cannondale, so just waiting on a new one to come in the post, along with bars and stem adaptors.
Might try and bodge an old mop/rake handle into a headset remover to get it fully out.
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• #1848
Oo-er, that would be good.
I'm all the way down in the depths of Wimbledon, or I work in North Acton if the other end of no-where suits.
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• #1849
Is that yours? It's very nice. My current daily is a 90s DiamondBack with a similar dadbike vibe. I've ummed and ahhed over a frontrack/basket for ages, but I can't see that I'd actually use it enough to make up for the weight, rattleyness and aerolossez.
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• #1850
I'm in SE1, can always arrange a shady handover somewhere 😂
Looking at different stem/handlebar options and getting to a point where I have no idea what to do between 25.4mm quill and bars and a 31.8mm setup + quill adaptor.
Has anyone got either any words of wisdom either way?
And if anyone has anything that matches the above in their parts bin that they could do without?