Can't fix threadless ugly. Can only put on lipstick. Mike SLO CA On Monday, November 10, 2025 at 12:56:16 PM UTC-8 Ben Miller wrote:
> Patrick, the Roadeo is 1" threadless steerer, correct. If so, something > like this Crust stem might look really nice. I like threadless stem with > the spacers integrated 😁 > > > https://crustbikes.com/collections/stems/products/nitto-x-crust-1-threadless-stem?variant=32943512977498 > > On Monday, November 10, 2025 at 12:45:25 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> >> >> I’ve been playing around with spacers and all 25 mm of them have ended up >> (“landed out”) on top of the stem, which is a 90* Ritchey WCS that so >> positioned puts the bar just about exactly where I want it — slightly more >> relaxed than with my road fixed gears with bar about the same distance from >> saddle but about 1 cm or so higher, for longer distances. It’s positioned >> much as that on the Matthews dirt road bike. >> >> I used the 90/20 Ritchey because it was in my parts box but the chimney >> of spaces bugs me. (Man.) What do you think? Is it worth messing around >> with Jim’s stem calculator and finding one with less rise to sit on top of >> the spacers? >> >> The closest I can get to this position would have an 80 mm stem with 0* >> rise that would put the bar 3 mm closer and 6 mm lower; 3 mm is not >> noticeable, I think, but 6 mm lower might be just noticeable a bit too low. >> >> Even that would require paying $120+ for a new Ritchey WCS stem (I like >> those stems) for essentially a more conventional, “old fashioned road bike” >> look. >> >> What would you do? >> >> Patrick Moore, who also has to retape the bar (because he tore the tape >> when messing with it) and who dislikes retaping bars. >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> -- >> >> 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/6a323656-263c-4193-9d31-01ede98c8b3cn%40googlegroups.com.
