Silver Bars & Stem
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I'm planning a build on a XCR tubed frame for spring 2014.
I'd like silver bars & stem but Deda don't do Zero 100 in silver. Ritchey do a similar shape bar but I'd like an alternative. Bar & stem must be from the same manufacturer.
Any ideas?
I'd like silver bars & stem but Deda don't do Zero 100 in silver. Ritchey do a similar shape bar but I'd like an alternative. Bar & stem must be from the same manufacturer.
Any ideas?
Most of the silver alloy items are pretty nasty, so you might want to remove anodising from a Zero 100 bar and then polish it. But personally I would just go with a silver stem and live with black carbon bars as you can't see them from the side.
Best silver stems in my view are:
- FRM Web stem - on my Colnago now, quite cheap from ebay
- Tune Geiles teil - similar to FRM but lighter and more expensive
- Thomson - a bit "round" and quite porky but reliable. On my tandem
- Cheap ITM or other take-off from a low end racing bike. Easily de-logoed.
Best silver stems in my view are:
- FRM Web stem - on my Colnago now, quite cheap from ebay
- Tune Geiles teil - similar to FRM but lighter and more expensive
- Thomson - a bit "round" and quite porky but reliable. On my tandem
- Cheap ITM or other take-off from a low end racing bike. Easily de-logoed.
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You could just buy whatever black alu stem and bars you want and hand polish them to a nice silver...
Hope products (UK company) do a nice machined alloy road stem that is available in black or silver.
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Do Nitto do anything close to a Zero 100 in shape?
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ultimobici wrote:I'm planning a build on a XCR tubed frame for spring 2014.
I'd like silver bars & stem but Deda don't do Zero 100 in silver. Ritchey do a similar shape bar but I'd like an alternative. Bar & stem must be from the same manufacturer.
Any ideas?
Deda?
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Though the HB is rather titanium finish. I'd rather go with Ritchey Classic, as that is more affordable, and I'm cheap. : ) Nonetheless, I'd say that the glossy white or gunmetal-titanium finish is sexier than plain mirror-polished alloy.
Oh, btw, this is my erste response to a thread ^^
You could go polish 3t stem+bars, that would be quite something.
Nittos aren't exactly optimised for weight.
(Really like Ritchey, but for a high zoot bike, I'd probably look somewhere else)
Nittos aren't exactly optimised for weight.
(Really like Ritchey, but for a high zoot bike, I'd probably look somewhere else)
Bikes: Raw Ti, 650b flatbar CX
Removing clear ano from parts is pretty easy and getting a perfect polish after doing so is also pretty easy to do. Removing powder coat on the other hand is pretty difficult without scratching the surface, which in turns makes doing a perfect polish loads of work.
For a stem you could consider going with a titanium stem and get it polished. For handelbars I would go for a black or a carbon one. I had the Ritchey Classic handlebars and they do not look very classy.
For a stem you could consider going with a titanium stem and get it polished. For handelbars I would go for a black or a carbon one. I had the Ritchey Classic handlebars and they do not look very classy.
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Well seeing as it's a choice between mismatched bars & stem or Ritchey by Kalloy lead weights it's back to the drawing board. Deda Zero 100 bars & Superleggera stem methinks.
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Soma shotwell stem and hwy one bar.
Bar is most like an fsa but not tapered, like a deda.
Bar is most like an fsa but not tapered, like a deda.
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