Re: How Best to Raise Handlebars ?

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Magnusfarce said:

Thanks -

My old Trek has a quill type stem, but I think that any method used to mount
the handlebars on this frame as high as I need them will result in an
unwieldy front end.

_ Unless you do a lot of sprinting out of the saddle, you won't
notice it. I have the longest Nitto as far out as it will go on
one of my bikes and I don't notice any unwieldyness. You do need
to get a slightly longer stem to compensate for the additional
quill length moving the bars back.

_ If you want to go even higher, you can get quill to threadless
1 1/8 inch adapters. Most are about 6 inches long, but SOMA made
one that is nearly a foot long. I use that on an old MTB that I
converted to a drop bar fat tire tourer.

http://tinyurl.com/5smfh

_ If you like the trek, then I think these solutions could work
for you, and they would be a cheap experiment. After all folding
bikes have very high quills and they ride reasonably well.

_ Booker C. Bense

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Magnusfarce said:

Thanks -

My old Trek has a quill type stem, but I think that any method used to mount
the handlebars on this frame as high as I need them will result in an
unwieldy front end.

_ Unless you do a lot of sprinting out of the saddle, you won't
notice it. I have the longest Nitto as far out as it will go on
one of my bikes and I don't notice any unwieldyness. You do need
to get a slightly longer stem to compensate for the additional
quill length moving the bars back.

_ If you want to go even higher, you can get quill to threadless
1 1/8 inch adapters. Most are about 6 inches long, but SOMA made
one that is nearly a foot long. I use that on an old MTB that I
converted to a drop bar fat tire tourer.

http://tinyurl.com/5smfh

_ If you like the trek, then I think these solutions could work
for you, and they would be a cheap experiment. After all folding
bikes have very high quills and they ride reasonably well.

_ Booker C. Bense

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