STEMS

[DOWNHILLPRO]

Hi I just bought a cheap walmart bike for winter road riding because i didnt want a $9000 downhill bike to rust from the salt on the road. So anyway I want to know can i replace the cheap stock stem adapter which is welded on to the stem with a normal 1 1/8 stem adapter without having to get another fork or headset.

Thank You

[Mark Larson]

Hi

First and foremost welcome to Singletracks.

Your bike has a Quill type stem and threaded fork/headest. If you want to use a threadless stem you have laying around you will need one of these:
[url]
http://www.bikeparts.com/search_results … =BPC115287[/url]

or you can see if you can find an old quill stem in the extension/rise you like. Like this one:

[url:36zbl9jj]http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=6216[/url:36zbl9jj]

Does it have a 1" steer (22.2mm quill) or a 1 1/8th steer (25.4mm quill)?

Hope this helps

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