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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Stace on September 26, 2007, 08:52 AM
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Guys n Gals,
Now then, Now then.......
How do I make a 22.2 stem into a 25.4 ? Can I get a shim or summin ???
Much Ta'ness
Stace :)
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22.2 clamp on or shafted?
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Handle bar stem or seat "stem" (seat post)?
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Sorry Shafted Handlebar Stem :)
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i can't think of anyway that you can!
i'm assuming you want to drop a shafted stem into 1"1/8' forks or am i mixed up. the problem wouldn't be with a shim, the problem would be locking the headset down
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Or do you wanna run a shafted 1" stem in threaded (shafted) 1 1/8 forks?
Ive done that on some threaded 1 1/4 forks. (MTB frame and forks, BMX stem). I just made a massive shim out of ally.
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can you get threaded 1 1/8 forks? i've never seen any!
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Right this is where you all lose interest ......... :LolLolLolLol:
Its on a beach cruiser that needs 'customising' :-[ ::) ??? :-[ , A bmx just isn't cricket when out with the family, I can't keep up ::) ....so I imported this......
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h254/stace2406/53.jpg)
Its currently got a 25.4 handlebar stem but I want to swap it for one that will take some big arse apehanger bars. The poxy little stem on it at the moment won't cut the mustard. So I was going to get one of these off of ginny ?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h254/stace2406/Stems.jpg)
Any ideas?............Are you even still there ? :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Ta
Stace :)
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they're threaded forks from the look in the pic. stick a shim in there like alex said and your laughing all the way down the promenade
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can you get threaded 1 1/8 forks? i've never seen any!
Oh C.B.C.L .... you youngster you! :LolLolLolLol:
When "over sized" first came out (not on BMX's) there were 2 sizes: 1 1/8 and 1 1/4". They both still used shafted stems and threaded headsets, and still had the same problems of stear tube bends due to the restrictions of an internal stem shaft. 1 1/4 was for your full on down hill MTBs and 1 1/8 was for cross country MTBs. When A-head came out, it solved the problems of bending headtubes so everyone ended up going with 1 1/8th (after trying clamp on 1" as well).
I have got a MTB that is 1 1/4 threaded and I use it for riding around on. I didnt like the very long reach stem it came with so I put a BMX stem on it ... with a massive shim.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/Bmtb.jpg)
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You can get a shafted "converter stub" that wedges into a threaded fork like normal, but there isnt any head to it. you can then clamp on any A-head stem you like. You might not get a cool looking one like the ones you pictured, but its another option.
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....and your laughing all the way down the promenade
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Thanks Gents :daumenhoch:
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Yes my first MTB was a 93 Kona Lava Dome & this had a 1 1/4 threaded forks & a 1 1/4 quil stem so they do make them, but you may have to hunt a while to get one.
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can you get threaded 1 1/8 forks? i've never seen any!
Oh C.B.C.L .... you youngster you! :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/Bmtb.jpg)
why thankyou very much for the complement!
what sort of year we talking about? i first started work in a bike shop in the summer of 96. i remember the canondales using 1 1/4. they probably still do! i know some downhill companies use 1 1/4 now but most are 1 1/8. we were only just heading into the realm of the clamp on stem so it must be around thenish. a guess at 93/94 maybe? educate me alex!
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yah, the whole of the 90s were just a blur to me. I cant tell you the dates! :LolLolLolLol: