WHY IS THERE BOTH A 21,1MM QUILL STEM STANDARD AND ALSO A 22,2MM ONE? AND THEY'RE BOTH USED ON 1" FORKS! GODDANGIT!

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    It's basically a legacy bmx standard that was entirely abandoned in favour of just using 22,2mm, decades ago.

    Luckily apparently the bicycle cruiser people kept using it, so there's like a single factory in china still churning out 21,1mm quill stems that gets sold under 25 different brand names. Sooo...thanks to the most annoying cyclists on earth for that one.

      • 7bicycles [he/him]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        I thank the chinese people for REDONJI QUILL STEM BICYCLE STEM STEERER STEM METAL ALUMINUM STEEL STEM HANDLEBAR 21,1MM