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Offline Funkyworm

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Suntour Slant stem ???
« on: December 22, 2014, 02:08 PM »
Alright chaps,

 I just bought this gold Suntour stem off of a member on here. The original for sale thread has been updated & the original picture was from the top of the stem from memory.

Now it's arrived it looks a little odd, I've had LOTS of Suntour stems (they are one of my favourite parts to use on builds ) & i noticed n the advert that this stem had a Potts mod (which is fair enough) but the Stem is slanted ..


Ive never seen a slanted Suntour.. Did they make them & if so does anyone know what they came on ?

Apologies for the blurred image but you can clearly see the difference in the profile of the stem .




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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2014, 02:13 PM »
I had one like that but without the Potts Mod. Was a gold one too.

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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2014, 02:25 PM »
Suntour Slant stem was about in late 70s to early 80s and superseded by the non slant version.  not sure they really came on any bike per se as around that time Suntour were an after market item than a factory fitted one.


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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2014, 02:35 PM »
That slant stem is lovely  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2014, 02:36 PM »
Suntour Slant stem was about in late 70s to early 80s and superseded by the non slant version.  not sure they really came on any bike per se as around that time Suntour were an after market item than a factory fitted one.

Cheers Marty... All interesting stuff... Honestly i'm not even sure what slant stems were all about ?

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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2014, 02:44 PM »
Kuwahara used them as an alternative to the smaller suntour stem :daumenhoch:

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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2014, 05:19 PM »
Kuwahara used them as an alternative to the smaller suntour stem :daumenhoch:

I thought i'd seen them on a few Kewies ... So whats the benefit of a slant stem ? I mean, what was it primarily designed for over a normal stem ?

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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2014, 09:47 PM »
Makes a nice change to a standard suntour  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2014, 01:34 AM »
I like it... 8)

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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2014, 04:17 PM »
One bike they came standard on was the Nishiki.



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« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2014, 09:38 AM »
I like them and regret selling the only one I've had, again it was gold too.
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Re: Suntour Slant stem ???
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2015, 09:38 AM »
only ever seen them in gold and i'm after one for my Nishiki if any one has one for sale

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