But after 7 years of riding this almost unchanged, with exception of some minimal maintainence here and there, inspiration from the forum and old age got me into the riser-culture. I had no idea what to expect, but I had some deore brake levers about and got a lovely narrow sawn-off riser from the local classifieds (of a lovely chap called Kahn). I tried to fix it all up meself but the stem was stuck af after 7 years in cold weather wetness and salt. Luckily my guru lbs and moral compass Theo helped me out. He put the fork crown in his vice, with a strap attaching the stem to a lifting beam at string tension that would encourage Bootsy Collins to play a funky bass line. Theo really ripped that stuck stem right off and gave me room to make this nice old road bike into a proper riser rat.
But after 7 years of riding this almost unchanged, with exception of some minimal maintainence here and there, inspiration from the forum and old age got me into the riser-culture. I had no idea what to expect, but I had some deore brake levers about and got a lovely narrow sawn-off riser from the local classifieds (of a lovely chap called Kahn). I tried to fix it all up meself but the stem was stuck af after 7 years in cold weather wetness and salt. Luckily my guru lbs and moral compass Theo helped me out. He put the fork crown in his vice, with a strap attaching the stem to a lifting beam at string tension that would encourage Bootsy Collins to play a funky bass line. Theo really ripped that stuck stem right off and gave me room to make this nice old road bike into a proper riser rat.
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