A beautiful stem? Appreciate your stems here

I am after a beautiful stem. Must fit a 1inch fork with an Ahead (not threaded )headset so all that seem to be available is the MTB style clamp ons. Trouble is I want something that looks like a beautiful classic quill with a decent drop and I don't know if anything even exists. Found a conversion for the other way round - quill to clamp on but clamp on to quill? Help!

dunno, most beautiful machining is the Chrome Thomson, could run a 20 degree one upside down perhaps?

only option is something like the nitto ahead

ew? ^^

Llewellyn?

http://www.freshtripe.co.uk/Freshtripe/Handlebars,%20Headsets%20%26%20Stems.html

^still ugly front loaders

only option is something like the nitto ahead

And these are aesthetically pleaseing in what way exactly?

ha, not to me :)

but they are "quill like"
with the required decent drop

those VO arent terrible,
Balki is winning though, next question from OP is
"do they haz other colourz match my paint job?"

As good looking as a stem needs to be.

i personally think thomsons are pig ugly and overbuilt

*even though i use one at the mo, until i get my custom Demon jobbie

i had one custom built by ricky at feather cycles - he's bloomin amazing

17344_454896665313_678035313_10810068_8071618_n by monomaniac(tom), on Flickr

i personally think thomsons are pig ugly and overbuilt

+1 thomson are oogly - never been a fan

i was gonna use feather, but he only fillet brazes, i want tigged

Thanks guys. That Llewellyn looks the job, if they are still out there. Joint 2nd up is the nitto ahead if they do chrome with Rickys.

There's a much nicer nitto one than those...^^^^^ looks as nice as that one tilover has - how beautfiful does a stem need to be? I think lugs and paint on stems is fucking naff.

Rivendell.

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/nitto/nitto.htm

ebay

There's a much nicer nitto one than those...^^^^^ looks as nice as that one tilover has - how beautfiful does a stem need to be? I think lugs and paint on stems is fucking naff.

You can get a lugged nitto stem.

http://store.somafab.com/nilust.html

But yeah, Tilover's stem is by far the best looking on this thread.

This thread is well Ann Summers innit.

also depends on how much you are willing to pay, a custom stem, plainly filleted or brazed is gonna be about 80/100, that lewelyn will be about 200

This thread is well Ann Summers innit.

1 1/8 not 1".

#boastpost