Mysterious Stem!
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User1 at 12.4.08 - 12:24 am
Can anyone point to diagrams on how this stem is made and designed to work? It's a Shimano stem.
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Trippy.
My best guess is that it either came out of the mill as a mistake, or perhaps you place tightening-collars on opposite ends of the holes and tighten the bars that way.
bentstrider12.4.08 - 12:38 am
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the bar hole looks normal actually the angle of the shot may be distorting it no?
Eddie GOpez12.4.08 - 3:34 am
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Mr. Gopez,
This stem has no Allen-Bolt holes to tighten any mounting bracket for a handlebar!!!
At least none that are visible.
A slight chance that this is one of those prototype, "fine, joint-line" jobs with those smaller, Allen-screws.
I doubt that though.
bentstrider12.4.08 - 5:53 am
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i dont want to sift through thousands of pages on the lafixed bike porn thread, but the stem hardware is all at the top of the part that goes into the steer tube. theres one allen bolt that secures it to the bike and another one at an angle that points towards the front where the handlebars would be that holds them in place. its like an integrated seatpost collar, but for a stem.
ruinedbyidiots12.4.08 - 7:22 am
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this particular bike is russian, and according to the website these pictures came from, "Handlebar and internal bar-clamp stem made in Ukraine by Kharkov Bicycle Works."
http://www.bikecult.com/works/collections/maxouhR.html
they also made bikes that had no stems, but handlebars that came out of the fork tubes.
http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/03bicycles/takhionVVVV.html
ruinedbyidiots12.4.08 - 7:31 am
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So, everything is hit from behind, excellent.
bentstrider12.4.08 - 7:35 am
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but, the one that user1 is asking about is a shimano 600 stem.
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Japan/shimano/Shim_6ax_stm.htm
ruinedbyidiots12.4.08 - 7:40 am
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Actually the stem at the top is a Dura Ace stem. You can find an example of one on ebay, item # 370121729682
It states in the ad, "one key release".
User112.4.08 - 10:54 am
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i have a blue early 80's univega decked out in all dura ace and the stem is the same. my drops are connected to the non adjustable stem and the bike was sold that way. they're angled perfectly for riding.
barleye12.4.08 - 11:08 am
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heres the full shimano dura ace ax gruppo it came from.
Introduced in 1981, AX parts were perhaps one of the most audacious efforts to redesign modern racing "gear." The aerodynamic-to-the-max effort made the AX truly ahead of its time! Sadly (?) the world was not ready for this futuristric group and after two years of production, the plug was pulled!
ruinedbyidiots12.4.08 - 11:38 am
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yep....same exact set-up on my bike. the pedals are great. shifts effortlessly.
barleye12.4.08 - 12:05 pm
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from peter white cycles . com
There is a cap at the top rear of the stem. You remove the cap with a 6mm allen wrench (not supplied). With the cap removed you can adjust the handlebar clamp by inserting the allen wrench through the hole horizontally. You'll need an allen wrench that's about six inches long. To tighten or loosen the stem in the steerer, just insert the wrench vertically to adjust the expander wedge at the bottom. It's a wonderful piece of engineering that eliminates the usual exposed bolt for the handlebar clamp.
neverclever12.4.08 - 12:33 pm
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http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/stems.asp
adrian12.4.08 - 2:01 pm
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