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re:Need fitting advice
In category Tech issues
Written by abbsci420

After more than ten years of mountainbiking (and lurking on r.b.t for the better part of those ten years) I hit the road two years ago, first with a '96 Klein Quantum II (53 cm c-t), and the last year a '00
Cannondale Cyclocross (52 cm c-t).

I opted for a cyclocross because I wanted to try and see if I could use the same bike for road racing (masters fattie, I'm afraid...) and this country's top

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re:Threadless headset: how high can you go?
In category Tech issues
Written by herakai

I know this topic has come up before (I clipped the below discussion from a thread a few years ago), but I haven't seen any clear explanation of the reasoning behind the limits often cited. For example, limits on headset spacers for a 1" carbon steerer I've seen range from about 15 to 40 mm, with a bit more allowed for 1-1/8" steerers.

Can anybody give me an idea of the engineering (if any) that

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Initial impression of GT Unlimited BoBike Mini child seat
In category Tech issues
Written by ChiisuChina

Opened up the box today. Whole box is easily lifted and carried home Seat is rigid, conventionally shaped, with a little height in the back. Support is steel tubing. Didn't even open hardware box. Will report soon.

This seat positions your little rider behind and moving with the handlbars, between your arms. I'm sure that must affect the steering.

With such a load on the bars, a fork lock would

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AL bars with carbon stem ? ? ? ? ?
In category Tech issues
Written by R2

ok to mix AL bars with a carbon stem or vice versa, AL stem and carbon bars?

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re:Suspension headstems
In category Tech issues
Written by livinlouder

I am trying to find a suspension headstem for a road bike - i.e., narrow enough to fit drop bars, unlike the (otherwise excellent)
Softride unit, which is too wide to get around the bends on drop bars.

I have not had much luck with Google, nor with eBay.

Does anyone know of a shop that still sells them?

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