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• #877
I've never had to shim a stem, but in this situation, I would think your best move would be get the 42mm and shave 2mm off it so its flush.
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• #878
longer for sure. then a 2mm spacer or one of tester's caps.
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• #879
That makes more sense.
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• #881
I believe the Thomson shims are 37mm and 40mm. The 37mm fits their own X2 & X4 stems. I am running a 40mm one with an ARX Team stem and it matches the height of the ARX perfectly.
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• #882
I couldn't find a 40mm one that I could access quickly so went for the 42mm from Evans. Luckily, I have a tester topcap from the last round so will use that.
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• #883
Cool. You might actually find that it's 40mm and Evans listed it incorrectly:
http://bikethomson.com/small-parts/
They don't make a 42mm shim anymore, though I believe they did use to make one to fit the old Elite stem. So unless they have old stock, Evans may just not have updated the item spec when the new size came in.
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• #884
Cool. You might actually find that I d Evans listed it incorrectly:
http://bikethomson.com! m/small-parts/
They don't make a 42mm shim anymore, though I believe they did use to make one to fit the old Elite stem. So unless they have old stock, Evans may just not have updated the item spec when the new size came in.
Ahhh, I see. Wouldn't be the first time that I've had something from Evans where the description /picture was off!
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• #885
i've got a 40mm shim you can have, think it's system ex. i'm in e2.
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• #886
i've got a 40mm shim you can have, think it's system ex. i'm in e2.
Damn, I just picked up mine from Evans at lunchtime. Thanks for the very kind offer though, some good Karma coming your way for sure.
As noted by Regal, it is actually 40mm not 42mm as per the website.
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• #887
My build is drawing to a close and I need a black seatpost collar to match my Chris King headset. Seatpost is 27.2. Frame is All. What mm size should I be looking at?
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• #888
Probably 31.8mm, but you really need to measure it.
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• #891
hah! What's the film?
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• #893
nice flexibility you got there
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• #895
^^^^ I think i saw that film - i remember being entertained by the props department choice of bikes - it was about Ewan McGregor's character writing the memoirs of a former British PM, on a weird wind swept island as far as I can remember. Can't remember what it was called.
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• #896
The ghost rider? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_GhostWriter(film)
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• #897
yes, thats the one
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• #898
The Looks are not key to the story line however.
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• #899
Its average.
Download or borrow.
Watch on a cold Sunday afternoon.
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• #900
Don't know the where and when of this, by look of it it's an Asian Games women's keirin, but lo, flying through the air top right is a 464 in international elite level competition.
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Following on from this, I've invested in a black sotto voce Chris King headset.
The Thomson stem shims come in either a 38mm or 42mm height.** According to
Wiggle, the stack height of the 3T ARX stem is 40mm.
2 questions:
1) Do I want a shim that is slightly longer or shorter or should I look for
one the exact 40mm size?
2) Headset top cap.* Will the 1" one be OK or will I need a 1 1/8" one?
Thanks
Pete