Silver Stem w/ Black Bars
03-31-24, 03:03 PM
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Silver Stem w/ Black Bars
It's common to see a black quill stem with silver bars but is it verboten to use a silver stem with black bars? I don't recall seeing this combo on a nice racing build.
I'm building up my Davidson Impulse and have decided to use a silver stem. The bars I prefer are black but I have silver Nitto Noodle bars I could use too. Looking solely from aesthetics, what say you?
I'm building up my Davidson Impulse and have decided to use a silver stem. The bars I prefer are black but I have silver Nitto Noodle bars I could use too. Looking solely from aesthetics, what say you?
03-31-24, 03:14 PM
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I had that setup on my Colnago (which I recently sold), I thought it looked fine and so did my friend who purchased the bike. Bar tape hid most of it anyway.
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It's common to see a black quill stem with silver bars but is it verboten to use a silver stem with black bars? I don't recall seeing this combo on a nice racing build.
I'm building up my Davidson Impulse and have decided to use a silver stem. The bars I prefer are black but I have silver Nitto Noodle bars I could use too. Looking solely from aesthetics, what say you?
I'm building up my Davidson Impulse and have decided to use a silver stem. The bars I prefer are black but I have silver Nitto Noodle bars I could use too. Looking solely from aesthetics, what say you?
1” of bars shows. And I have been known to wrap to the stem when not collared and the bars are meh.
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03-31-24, 09:40 PM
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I think keeping seatpost and stem same is more attractive to me.
For example, silver seatpost looks better with silver stem (even with black bars). I have two bikes setup like this (picture below).
Black seatpost, black stem, silver bars also looks cool to me.
I have one with silver seatpost, black stem, silver bars (factory stock), which is OK but slightly awkward in my opinion.
For example, silver seatpost looks better with silver stem (even with black bars). I have two bikes setup like this (picture below).
Black seatpost, black stem, silver bars also looks cool to me.
I have one with silver seatpost, black stem, silver bars (factory stock), which is OK but slightly awkward in my opinion.
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04-01-24, 05:34 AM
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I did the opposite, black stem, silver bar. I think it works on my bike because there is a lot of mixture in silver and black, i.e. black brakes, silver/black drive train.
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Grant Petersen is a fan of mixing black and silver components, so it must be ok.
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On my Look bike:
Like the others said- the exposed portion is too small to become a visual problem. In any event, a black 26.0mm drop bar is far less of an eyesore than, say, a threadless adapter, or a 31.8mm bar on one of those oversized quill stems.
Like the others said- the exposed portion is too small to become a visual problem. In any event, a black 26.0mm drop bar is far less of an eyesore than, say, a threadless adapter, or a 31.8mm bar on one of those oversized quill stems.
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If this makes any sense: mismatched stem and bars look (to me) like bodged together,; used whatever I had. That's fine functionally, but if you're asking about esthetics, matched, to me looks more " original" and elegant. Silver v black? Silver, for me wins.
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I've been running Silver/Silver on most of my bikes so far but my long-distance tourer has a silver adaper, black ahead stem and blue handlebars... so I might not be the most critical person when it comes to matching. XD
I am not entirely sure if I want to replace the black headset with a silver one or if I should just paint it black when it gets warm enough in here to do some painting outside.
I am not entirely sure if I want to replace the black headset with a silver one or if I should just paint it black when it gets warm enough in here to do some painting outside.
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