Hi, Ben. I'll definitely consider the IRD Heron. Soma Fab has them. It doesn't quite geometrically qualify. Yet I may discover first hand how a "Fine sandblast finish" looks around various Nitto bars.
Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 1:16:14 PM UTC-5 Ben Miller wrote: > Oh! I forget the IRD Heron stem > <https://www.merrysales.com/shop/ird-stem-heron-190mm-5935?category=983#attr=4161,2466>: > > 25.4mm clamp, 20 deg rise, 190mm length, with extensions ranging from > 80-120mm. And in silver ;) > > Ben > > On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 10:50:29 AM UTC-7 > [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi, Will. >> >> Yeah, I thought about that. I've had bad experiences with risers, steel >> and aluminum. I wish I could trust them. But even though I never have and >> likely never will "mountain bike", I won't go that route. The search >> continues. >> >> Yours, >> Thomas Lynn Skean >> >> On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 12:43:43 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> I wonder if you could make a steel quill riser do the job? I know that >>> traditional swept back bars in the extreme iteration that is fashionable on >>> Rivs put a lot of torsional stress on that clamp, but steel might solve >>> it. I have an older steel quill riser on my wife's bike with swept back >>> bars that is rock solid, even on rocky singletrack. >>> >>> Will >>> >>> On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 1:18:52 PM UTC-4 Ben Miller wrote: >>> >>>> Thomas, >>>> >>>> I recently went down the FacePlater rabbit hole, and pickings are slim >>>> at the moment. >>>> >>>> Crust bikes does have the Nitto UI quill stem >>>> <https://crustbikes.com/collections/stems/products/nitto-x-crust-ui-stem?variant=32943527493722> >>>> >>>> in stock: 26mm clamp, 15 or 30 deg rise.... but only in black currently. >>>> Also not quite 225 mm in length (185 mm). >>>> >>>> Blue Lug has the Nitto UI-2 quill stem >>>> <https://global.bluelug.com/nitto-ui-2-cr-mo-thread-stem-sil.html>: 26 >>>> mm clamp, 0 degree rise and much shorter length (137 mm max for the longer >>>> extensions). >>>> >>>> That all I was able to find currently for new stems. Might be able to >>>> find some of the out-of-stock ones here or there?? >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 9:24:13 AM UTC-7 >>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, all. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone heard of a 25.4mm or 26.0mm bar clamp version of the tig face >>>>> plater? I *really really want* the up-angle and the 225mm quill >>>>> length of the tig face plater. I also like its relatively clean look. I >>>>> just don't want a 31.8mm bar clamp area. >>>>> >>>>> Yours, >>>>> Thomas Lynn Skean >>>>> >>>>> -- 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/de9b16b7-06c1-4912-9b63-8d9d8ae2fc06n%40googlegroups.com.
