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Title: upsidedown?
Post by: pickle on April 08, 2013, 07:41 AM: is it me, or has this guy just put this stem back together upsidedown? ???

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-school-BMX-upside-down-Pro-Neck-stem-/261197086525?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item3cd08f3f3d#ht_420wt_1399
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: GavinDavis on April 08, 2013, 07:45 AM: It does look that way, although the bloke says its factory??
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: pickle on April 08, 2013, 07:48 AM: :LolLolLolLol: i've just realised who this is ;D

All the 'inverted' stems i've ever seen still have the engraving on the top, plus they don't have holes where the bolts show through ???

epic fail surely ???
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: MartyC on April 08, 2013, 08:19 AM: Looks suspect to me, I think Mattdub and deffo JJ have those stems so could possibly offer some light?
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: Munnyella on April 08, 2013, 08:24 AM: I saw one of these back in `82, on a brand new PK Ripper from Pheonix cycles in Leicester, so may well be factory, shite though all the same!!

MM
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: CustardLips on April 08, 2013, 08:42 AM: I'm no expert but definitely looks upside down to me. :-[
The amount of tackle this fella knocks out you'd think he'd know better. ???
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: kungfunky on April 08, 2013, 08:52 AM: How they should look ( or at least how the prototype looks) :daumenhoch:

(http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb413/kungfunky/bikes/KGrHqJmFBR0RrQPBQVT3bV6260_3.jpg)
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: not johndub71 on April 08, 2013, 10:27 AM: I suppose if you were riding an old skool and wanted lower rise and these stems allowed it, then it would be trick. If its a case of turning it over and its cheap to buy, then I see no probs.
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: ozone on April 08, 2013, 12:32 PM: It must be an early one. You couldn't flip a standard one as there's a lip between the upper surface and the hole where the shaft is inserted. oo-err. :-[

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a217/steve167690/Stems/TufNeckDamage.jpg)
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: pickle on April 08, 2013, 12:48 PM: cool, it was a proper question.........it just looked wrong but if that's how they did a few of them then fair play.

looks all kinds of wrong though ;D
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: kalex on April 08, 2013, 03:08 PM: You can't turn the base part of the clamp upside down from a standard stem as the shaft wouldn't fit

The other genuine inverted stems I've seen for sale have been asking for big bucks. A hell of a lot more than a standard stem
Title: Re: upsidedown?
Post by: CustardLips on April 08, 2013, 03:16 PM: Quote from: CustardLips on April 08, 2013, 08:42 AM
I'm no expert but definitely looks upside down to me. :-[
The amount of tackle this fella knocks out you'd think he'd know better. ???
I stand corrected. :-[