At 7/14/2007 11:11 PM -0400, Harvey Sachs wrote:
>If you can beg, borrow, buy, or steal an adjustable stem, it makes
>this much easier. The vintage product of my era was the TTT model,
>which is great for stabbing knees. Earlier fans prefer the Major
>Taylor stems. Of course, neither is attractive if you're trying to
>work toward fitting the Nitto "Technomic" stem with the long shaft.
I find this sort of stem useful for helping people get the right fit.
http://harriscyclery.net/
>FWIW, decades ago I made up an early adjustable stoker stem for
>tandems, just so we and friends could experiment.
Me too. It was probably used on a couple dozen tandems, then I'd make them custom stems based on the adjustments.
Mark Stonich;
BikeSmith Design & Fabrication
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