Originally Posted by
Dewey Haftu
Ok, my turn: Who makes a 1" quill stem that has a quill that isn't 42 feet long? I'm short. I ride a 49cm frame. Every quill I can find is longer than my left leg. Help please community.
My bike has a very short headtube, about 10cm not counting headset, and over the years I have gone through quit a few different quills.
I've watched as a couple of guys here posted about successfully taking hacksaws to their stems but for "reasons" I really do not care much for that sort of thing.
In my experience the current reissue Cinelli 1A stem that takes a 26mm handlebar, which by my not-quite-exact measurement is around 130mm long, fits my short headtube about the best of any quill I've tried. Its not quite slammed, but is a "just right" amount of rise above my headset. Full disclosure - I do have about 5mm of spacers between my topnut and upper cup.
Good luck...