Pro Rider with headset spacers greater than 2 cm?
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- Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
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i can appreciate the aesthetic of the slammed stem, but (to me at least) many (some?) bikes seem to have very few mm reach between some sizes (do to stepping down sea tube angle = shorter reach on a longer top tube) but have a larger difference between them in stack. Personally i would rather have the smaller, stiffer, lighter, shorter seat tubed bike with spacers than the larger bike slammed.
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as mtber,could you please explain what slammed means.ta
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1990 scott pro only
2002 gt i drive
2006 haro ex 1
2013 foes fxr extreme
No spacers, stem slammed down as low as possible using no spacers and often a replacement bearing cover that is very thin. Sometimes no bearing cover at all.
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Is it me, or am i the only one who fails to see the relevancy of this and the pro's with 12cm stem topic?
If you want to see 'meh' content of me and my bike you can follow my life in pictures here!'Tape was made to wrap your GF's gifts, NOT hold a freakin tire on.'
And I struggle to see one which is less than 2cm. Maybe You do not know how 2cm looks like.
It is usually a bearing cone (a low one is 1cm, the higher ones are 1,5cm) than you add one small 0,5cm spacer and it is 2cm.
I run 2cm myself and it is just OK...really does not look like a pile of spacers.
It is usually a bearing cone (a low one is 1cm, the higher ones are 1,5cm) than you add one small 0,5cm spacer and it is 2cm.
I run 2cm myself and it is just OK...really does not look like a pile of spacers.
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