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ESP 1"1/8 Stems

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gossa:
See your point Dan, when fitted this stem looks identical to the original but out of the bike, anyone in the know could tell it's not OG.  The shaft threads into the head rather than pressed, the shaft is shorter as the original shaft was too long to fit all the way into a lot of forks and the shaft is stainless.  Perhaps I should get him to stamp a manufacturing date on the shaft but these aren't going to be sold on, he's making me two.

Bigplinky:
If your making exact copies of something then you need to stamp them as a repro (on an unseen surface, maybe the clamping area or down the shaft) so somebody in years to come can't easly pass it off as an original. Let's face it alot of this gear is rarer than hen's teeth and repros are going to be the only affordable way to get what you want and if it's done right so they can't be passed off as originals I don't see any problem, take the guy in the states doing the GT pads he prints every set on the inside with the make year.

As for the ESP 1 1/8" make it look like any ESP but don't do anything gay like have a nut underneath or a fake bolt head on top just an ESP inspired retro stem would be way cool, standard configuration two clamp bolts at the back, and call it a GSP.  :daumenhoch:

Andy

gossa:
GSP! Like it!  I see this is a very grey area, I don't want to make anything that will rip anyone off in future but I can't see me ever getting shot of any of it.  Maybe the alternative name like the Con-Lite hubs would be a way to go, like homage to the originals.  I might get some alloy cranks done and call them Crook Brothers!

I guess the stem could be stamped R.I.P rather than E.S.P.!!!

SaMAlex:
how about having the A-head clamp bolts on the inside of the stem. (bit like the profile piston stem). Then, like you said, off the bike it would be as clear as day, but on the bike it would all be hidden. It would be a bit of a pain to have to take the handlebars off to loosen the stem/forks, but Im guessing it aint really for a rider anyway.

gossa:
Alex, these would be for my ripper and floval so will be ridden.  Good ideas though....

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