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Title: desirable stem...?
Post by: DJL on July 11, 2011, 04:19 PM
anyone know if this stem is desirable,  what date it is roughly and what it might have come on?  i know the pictures rubbish  :-[

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v455/daniel_son1/Untitled-Copy.png)
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: Jaymz on July 11, 2011, 04:31 PM
Its a nice stem, like an inbetween a SR and a suntour
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: Glynnyboy on July 11, 2011, 05:22 PM
It's a sugino, used by diamond back although the diamond back one's were branded.
As far as the desirability goes, well it's a decent quality stem :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: ukoldschool on July 13, 2011, 10:57 AM
Like a lot of stuff back in the day there would have been 30 or 40 of these stems lying around in halfords unsold (along with shit gold/red/blue maxycross cranks etc) but these days it seems anything 'oldschool'' is desirable by some. Personally, I try to have as much snobbiness on bmx items today as I did then so I woudlnt touch it (or a suntour) with a bargepole when there are tuff/pro necks and loads of other really good quality stems around. But thats just me ;)

Get it, polish the fook out of it and stick it on a low quality british frame that nobody bougth back in the day because they were (frnakly) shit and youll fit in fine here :)

 :rant:
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: popedante on July 13, 2011, 10:59 AM


nowt wrong with maxy cross cranks 
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: ukoldschool on July 13, 2011, 11:03 AM
apart from:
1. they look shit
2. flights/profiles are much better (both looking and in operation)
3. they arent very strong

 :2funny:
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: brummie on July 13, 2011, 11:04 AM
good quality stem and as with all the sugino stuff japanese and well made
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on July 13, 2011, 11:06 AM
give it a couple of months and we will see all these parts on yer builds :LolLolLolLol: ukoldschool
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: meticulous on July 13, 2011, 11:19 AM
maxi cross cranks look the bollocks, especially on rippers and quads, much better than 1 piece in the looks department.....

Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: ukoldschool on July 13, 2011, 11:24 AM
no they dont - they look shit.
they were found on cheap halfords crap bikes to try and make them look better than they were IMO  :police:
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: meticulous on July 13, 2011, 11:34 AM
seems like your a fookin knob that just trying to wind everyone up,  if all you was doing was walking around halfords bitd you was walking around the wrong shop and thats why you know fook all!  go on another 3 year vacation and come back when you less time!
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: ukoldschool on July 13, 2011, 11:37 AM
you need to be more meticulous in your spelling old chap
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: ukoldschool on July 13, 2011, 11:40 AM
Thread title: "Desirable stem......?"

Answer - to me: fook no!

 :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: meticulous on July 13, 2011, 11:42 AM
yes its desirable, buy it and put it on one of your burners to double its value.... 
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: ozone on July 13, 2011, 12:48 PM

you need to be more meticulous in your spelling old chap


Practice what you preach, girlfriend.   :-*

Like a lot of stuff back in the day there would have been 30 or 40 of these stems lying around in halfords unsold (along with shit gold/red/blue maxycross cranks etc) but these days it seems anything 'oldschool'' is desirable by some. Personally, I try to have as much snobbiness on bmx items today as I did then so I woudlnt touch it (or a suntour) with a bargepole when there are tuff/pro necks and loads of other really good quality stems around. But thats just me ;)

Get it, polish the fook out of it and stick it on a low quality british frame that nobody bougth back in the day because they were (frnakly) shit and youll fit in fine here :)

 :rant:

 :crazy2:
Title: Re: desirable stem...?
Post by: 1mancity2 on July 13, 2011, 12:56 PM
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