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Title: Inverted stems
Post by: CustardLips on June 19, 2013, 01:35 PM: What's the crack ? Are they race or freestyle oriented and what's the thinking behind them ?Got me eye on one for a race bike but wondering about the height I'll be losing too. ???
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM: i think they were generally used on cruisers :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: MartyC on June 19, 2013, 02:51 PM: Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM
i think they were generally used on cruisers :daumenhoch:

Spot on Rob, did you know it was Scot of SE fame that got Pro Neck to do a small run as he was finding it difficult to get bars that worked well on cruisers as they were too high!
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: pickle on June 19, 2013, 02:59 PM: I didn't Marty, awesome stuff :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: CustardLips on June 19, 2013, 03:07 PM: Makes sense.I'll give it miss then. Nice one chaps. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: kungfunky on June 19, 2013, 03:17 PM: Quote from: MartyC on June 19, 2013, 02:51 PM
Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM
i think they were generally used on cruisers :daumenhoch:

Spot on Rob, did you know it was Scot of SE fame that got Pro Neck to do a small run as he was finding it difficult to get bars that worked well on cruisers as they were too high!

Did you know I have the prototype on Scots Floval ::)
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: pickle on June 19, 2013, 03:20 PM: Come to think of it Ash, i seem to remember you saying that now :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: kungfunky on June 19, 2013, 05:56 PM: Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 03:20 PM
Come to think of it Ash, i seem to remember you saying that now :daumenhoch:

Shut up I've told no one..EVER. :-X :-X
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: Jaymz on June 19, 2013, 06:14 PM: Quote from: kungfunky on June 19, 2013, 03:17 PM
Quote from: MartyC on June 19, 2013, 02:51 PM
Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM
i think they were generally used on cruisers :daumenhoch:

Spot on Rob, did you know it was Scot of SE fame that got Pro Neck to do a small run as he was finding it difficult to get bars that worked well on cruisers as they were too high!

Did you know I have the prototype on Scots Floval ::)
thats yet another piece of awesome history you have there ash
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: MartyC on June 23, 2013, 02:39 PM: Quote from: kungfunky on June 19, 2013, 03:17 PM
Quote from: MartyC on June 19, 2013, 02:51 PM
Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM
i think they were generally used on cruisers :daumenhoch:

Spot on Rob, did you know it was Scot of SE fame that got Pro Neck to do a small run as he was finding it difficult to get bars that worked well on cruisers as they were too high!

Did you know I have the prototype on Scots Floval ::)

:LolLolLolLol: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: ED209 on June 23, 2013, 08:03 PM: Popular with early 90s freestylers ... Wilkerson and DK both made them ... I think DK made them for Wilkerson.

(http://bmxmuseum.com/image/c09c58f50e6e4d7fa951d09ca2703232971200000baa2cfddbc1_blowup.jpg)
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: Dannywhac on June 23, 2013, 08:25 PM: Yep, and inverting 1 1/8" stems for the added whippyness :daumenhoch:

Ed - you've forkin' cheated on the post count :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Inverted stems
Post by: ED209 on June 24, 2013, 06:14 PM: Quote from: Dannywhac on June 23, 2013, 08:25 PM
Yep, and inverting 1 1/8" stems for the added whippyness :daumenhoch:

Ed - you've forkin' cheated on the post count :LolLolLolLol:

someone set mine back to 0 so I gave up! the gods are playing with me!