DamonRinard wrote: ↑Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:41 pm
chunky666 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 22, 2018 6:30 pm
I have a Lefty Bad boy 2 which I use for commuting.
Hi chunky666,
Sorry, I'm not fully picturing what you've got. If you can provide more details I bet I can find out. Model year? Maybe a photo or two?
Cheers,
Damon
Not a problem
Okay so the original Stem was this..
Untitled by
chunkytfg, on Flickr
It has the top fork clamp sandwiched between it. It's very short, very high and cant be flipped.
This is my solution
Using this
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/deda-quill-stem ... 5360422709
And this
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/stems/mpart ... ch-254-mm/
I was able to extend the steerer tube so it was long enough to take a normal stem
This is it as it stands at the moment
Untitled by
chunkytfg, on Flickr
You can see in the cut out in the stem that the original steerer tube doesnt even come up halfway into the stem so it had to be extended to be safe.
The problem with this way of doing it is that the quill adaptor relies on the old style headset that screws together so doesnt need the top cap to pull down onto the bearings to make them tight. So to make this work I have to use normal headset spacers with no stem fitted and tighten it. then do up the top fork clamp on the steerer which then holds the headset tight. From there I remove the top cap and spacers, drive the star nut all the way through the steerer tube insert the stem adaptor tighten it up and fit the stem.
Not ideal as you can imagine.
I guess I was wondering if there was any way of using some of the various MTB parts on it to achieve the same result but have it look a bit more 'factory'.
I notice from looking at the various spares available there are 'opi' stems which see like they go into the steerer tube instead of the classic clamp round it approach. could any of them be made to work do you think?
THis kind of thing?
https://www.cannondalespares.com/Leonar ... il/3-42437