Epic WTF

I guess you can re-attach your bars without any adjustment needed. So you wouldn't have to set the level of your bars or straighten your stem relative to the fork.
Still stupid though.

I want to see a brakeless hipster do a bar swap while riding no handed

Ha ha, call for price..

Would be quite handy for the Wide Barrèd Flat Dweller instead of having to straighten and retorque every time you go out.

But not at S&S prices

If only you could see the pile of boxed, as new, Deda stem's which my GF stripped a bolt in each one through over tightening. We went with road bikes to the Canaries twice a year. I have a corresponding stem to match each holiday. They became disposable so I ended up taking a spare. And now I have no idea what to do with a pile of stem's, each with a fucked up faceplate bolt?

Please note, hours were spent on the joys of torque wrench's.

Like, fucked up beyond the point of just replacing the bolt?

he is probably one of the best ti frame builders in the world, so I can only assume it's showing off.

Yeah wow. Y'all missed this bit...

Stems are currently out of stock. Please check back in April.

Tap in a new thread?

I’d rather not take the risk!

Alas, completely threaded. Each stem has one dodgy faceplate corner where the bolt just spins forever with no bite. One she managed to take out the entire thread as a spring like coil. “Oooooh, look. Is it supposed to do this?”

I could. But they’ve all been replaced now. And I think the resale value of “as new” stems with a caution caveat is low.

Sell to people with the ability to rethread?

Do helicoils go small enough for your needs?

Blimey! Have you considered switching to another brand if you're getting on so badly with Deda?

Blimey! Have you considered switching to another GF if she's getting on so badly with Deda?

FTFY

A stem a year is a small price to pay for a girlfriend with a strong wrist?

Yeah, but imagine her threading that to the point where the top bit just spins freely.

Already did, twice.

@byjoshuawilliams Possibly, but I'm sure it's a small market?

@Constable_Savage No idea? I did explore the possibilities but they're not the greatest stems, just the bog standard £20 aluminium.

@ltc Alas, Deda is matchy matchy. Deda bars etc. It's all about the look sometimes.

@jsabine It's a minor character flaw. If they were carbon stems it would be a different issue.

@M_V So true.

Tbh not even sure where this should go but felt it had to be on the forum somewhere!

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"Ex Stan boardman Chris boardmans brother"

Sounds legit.

Apparently CB had some bikes stolen from his home awhile ago. I wonder if this was one of them.... Looks pricy

Apparently CB had some bikes stolen from his home awhile ago.

Which CB... Cause this CB has had loads stolen... Super light, super safe 4eva in our harts

Classic Trump "when the looting starts, the shooting starts".