Wanted: Short stems and bars

[Triskeliongirl]

Hey guys, a friend just bought his young son a new bike for christmas, and he is facing the problems many of us face, too long a reach to the brake levers. It came with a longish stem and bars, so we are thinking if we can replace them with a short stem and bars like a salsa poco or ttt eva bar it will work for him until he grows a bit more. Maybe interupter levels would also help. He brought it back to the LBS, but since it was a 2006 closeout they wouldn't swap anything. It broke his budget to just buy the bike, so I am checking around if anyone has any shorty road stems 5-7cm threadless, 36-38cm salsa poco bars, or interupter levers not being used they would be interested in selling. Please PM me if you can help. -e

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Tri-
I do have a Nitto Technomic 5mm stem with only about 6 months use. It's like on this page:
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/stems/index.html

But it's threaded, for a 1" threaded fork. Are you sure that new bike takes a threadless stem?

[Triskeliongirl]

Hi Lisa, yes I am sure it takes a threadless stem, but thanks for offering! Also Eden, thanks for the PM, I'll pass the info. to my friend and get back to you.

[GLC1968]

Triskeliongirl - I believe that I still have the super short stem that originally came on my Isis. Let me look tomorrow, and I'll let you know.

[Triskeliongirl]

Triskeliongirl - I believe that I still have the super short stem that originally came on my Isis. Let me look tomorrow, and I'll let you know.

Oooh, that would be perfect. THANKS!

[makbike]

I have the 40 cm bontrager bars i took off my new bike - if they need them let me know.

[Triskeliongirl]

I have the 40 cm bontrager bars i took off my new bike - if they need them let me know.

Do you know which bar it is so I can measure the reach? If you tell me the bike model and year I can probably find the specs online.

[makbike]

it came off the 2007 WSD LeMond Buenos Aires I just purchased.

[alpinerabbit]

remember that a higher angle, rather than a shorter stem, allows for a much shorter reach...

[Triskeliongirl]

it came off the 2007 WSD LeMond Buenos Aires I just purchased.

I checked and that bar is indeed as short reach as the salsa poco. Please PM me how much $ you want for it, including shipping to san antonio TX (78212).

[Triskeliongirl]

Thanks for all the replies everyone! GLC ended up giving us the original stem from her terry isis (6 cm) (THANK YOU CATHERINE FOR YOUR GENEROSITY), we found him a 36cm salsa poco bar on ebay, and ordered him a shim kit for the shifters, so he is all set.