Hi Patrick, Thanks for your message! It is indeed vintage, they are fantastic and very stiff stems. I bought the salsa because my technomic kept slipping and I thought it was a bit flexy in longer lengths, this solved that for my use case of riding a single speed around town. My notes say a 130-135mm measurement but I can double check. I think they look elegant as well, just in a different way than the Nittos.
On Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 8:03:14 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > Is that Salsa stem vintage? I just looked up “Salsa stems” and found only > 2 threadless models for oversized bars that look nothing like the classic > quills. > > I owned a number of the quill models, including at least 2 customs, > including one for my first, 1995 Riv Road 26” wheel custom. (Recall > modeling and cutting out cardboard templates to gauge the angle and reach). > > Nice, lightish, and I think sturdy, tho’ hardly as pretty as an old Nitto > Pearl; still, stylish, IMO. > > Yours must have a 150 mm extension, no? > > Patrick Moore, who recalls with bemusement using a 140 mm Cinelli on his > 1989 Falcon. > > On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM CMR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -Nitto Losco, heat treated aluminum, 54cm >> >> -Salsa chromoly stem, 13-13.5cm >> >> -Nitto bar plug >> >> -Shimano BL-R780 (Silver, long pull/short pull switchable) >> >> -PDW cork grips >> >> >> >> 54cm Loscos currently out of stock, the silver levers are hard to find, >> and salsa stem is legendary! >> >> Rivendell says $144.34 shipped for the 48cm they have in stock, how about >> $195 shipped in CONUS for this set up, after any fees. $155 picked up in >> Menlo Park. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fa4bc8cb-505b-46b2-b902-0ed49df47aban%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fa4bc8cb-505b-46b2-b902-0ed49df47aban%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4cefab14-1a4f-49e4-8ee2-998c7c76d060n%40googlegroups.com.
