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Offline CustardLips

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Inverted stems
« on: June 19, 2013, 01:35 PM »
What's the crack ? Are they race or freestyle oriented and what's the thinking behind them ?Got me eye on one for a race bike but wondering about the height I'll be losing too.  ???
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM »
i think they were generally used on cruisers  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2013, 02:51 PM »
Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM
i think they were generally used on cruisers  :daumenhoch:

Spot on Rob, did you know it was Scot of SE fame that got Pro Neck to do a small run as he was finding it difficult to get bars that worked well on cruisers as they were too high!
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2013, 02:59 PM »
I didn't Marty, awesome stuff  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2013, 03:07 PM »
Makes sense.I'll give it miss then. Nice one chaps.  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2013, 03:17 PM »
Quote from: MartyC on June 19, 2013, 02:51 PM
Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM
i think they were generally used on cruisers  :daumenhoch:

Spot on Rob, did you know it was Scot of SE fame that got Pro Neck to do a small run as he was finding it difficult to get bars that worked well on cruisers as they were too high!

Did you know I have the prototype on Scots Floval  ::)
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2013, 03:20 PM »
Come to think of it Ash, i seem to remember you saying that now  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2013, 05:56 PM »
Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 03:20 PM
Come to think of it Ash, i seem to remember you saying that now  :daumenhoch:

Shut up I've told no one..EVER.  :-X :-X
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2013, 06:14 PM »
Quote from: kungfunky on June 19, 2013, 03:17 PM
Quote from: MartyC on June 19, 2013, 02:51 PM
Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM
i think they were generally used on cruisers  :daumenhoch:

Spot on Rob, did you know it was Scot of SE fame that got Pro Neck to do a small run as he was finding it difficult to get bars that worked well on cruisers as they were too high!

Did you know I have the prototype on Scots Floval  ::)
thats yet another piece of awesome history you have there ash
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2013, 02:39 PM »
Quote from: kungfunky on June 19, 2013, 03:17 PM
Quote from: MartyC on June 19, 2013, 02:51 PM
Quote from: pickle on June 19, 2013, 01:51 PM
i think they were generally used on cruisers  :daumenhoch:

Spot on Rob, did you know it was Scot of SE fame that got Pro Neck to do a small run as he was finding it difficult to get bars that worked well on cruisers as they were too high!

Did you know I have the prototype on Scots Floval  ::)

 :LolLolLolLol:   :daumenhoch:
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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2013, 08:03 PM »
Popular with early 90s freestylers ... Wilkerson and DK both made them ... I think DK made them for Wilkerson.

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Re: Inverted stems
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2013, 08:25 PM »
Yep, and inverting 1 1/8" stems for the added whippyness  :daumenhoch:

Ed - you've forkin' cheated on the post count  :LolLolLolLol:
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« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2013, 06:14 PM »
Quote from: Dannywhac on June 23, 2013, 08:25 PM
Yep, and inverting 1 1/8" stems for the added whippyness  :daumenhoch:

Ed - you've forkin' cheated on the post count  :LolLolLolLol:

someone set mine back to 0 so I gave up! the gods are playing with me!
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