threadless stem orientation

"rogwei" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is the orientation of a threadless stem reversible?

No. The handlebars point to the front.

Quoted message said:

IOW, if the stem has a -16 degree angle, can I turn it over
and have a 16 degree rise? The reason I ask is because I
want to raise my bars significantly and I don't see much
choice for positive rise stems.

Just breakin' your balls, buddy. Flip it right over. You
might notice many stems have graphics printed on both sides
of the long-wise axis (how's that for a [censored] description?)
in anticipation of flipflopping.

Chris

rogwei said:

Is the orientation of a threadless stem reversible? IOW,
if the stem has a -16 degree angle, can I turn it over and
have a 16 degree rise?

Yes, that's the idea. It's the main way of adjusting the
height with these stems.

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I have seen it said that some stems should not be reversed,
but I don't know which ones, or how much credence to place
in that assertion. I always purchase stems which have the
lettering both ways up, such as you can see at
cinelli.itSOLIDO.htmlOpen ↗. I
figure that if the manufacturer does that, then they're
expecting that the stem will be used in either orientation.

Nick

rogwei said:

Is the orientation of a threadless stem reversible? IOW,
if the stem has a -16 degree angle, can I turn it over and
have a 16 degree rise? The reason I ask is because I want
to raise my bars significantly and I don't see much choice
for positive rise stems.

rogwei-<< Is the orientation of a threadless stem
reversible? IOW, if the stem has a -16 degree angle, can I
turn it over and have a 16 degree rise? >><BR><BR>

yep....

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Quoted message said:

a -16 degree angle, can I turn it over and have a 16
degree rise? >>

yep....Peter Chisholm Vecchio's

Everybody is right,although flipping some models may look
ungainly- TTT mutants for instance.

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rogwei said:

Is the orientation of a threadless stem reversible? IOW, if
the stem has a -16 degree angle, can I turn it over and
have a 16 degree rise? The reason I ask is because I want
to raise my bars significantly and I don't see much choice
for positive rise stems.

_ Check out the Dimension stems from any shop that deals
with QBP. You can get 45 degree rise in many lengths.
Here's a link

sheldonbrown.comstems.htmlOpen ↗
adlessstems

_ Booker C. Bense

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Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Chris

Just breakin' your balls, buddy.

Chris

No, the handlebars will do that after I reverse them. :-)

PS
Thanks to everone for all the replies.

Nick Payne said:

I have seen it said that some stems should not be
reversed, but I don't know which ones, or how much
credence to place in that assertion. I always purchase
stems which have the lettering both ways up, such as you
can see at cinelli.itcinelli.itOpen ↗
SOLIDO.html. I figure that if the manufacturer does that,
then they're expecting that the stem will be used in
either orientation.

Some early threadless stems had the upper surface cut at an
oblique angle. An example is the Syncros ahead stem at the
bottom of this long-obsolete page:

bikepro.comsyncros.htmlOpen ↗

You also needed a special top cap to use it right way
up, AFAIK.

Neacalban1 said:

Everybody is right,although flipping some models may look
ungainly- TTT mutants for instance.

Ungainly? I think, "erect" would be the correct wording.

P.