So I decided to start doing up my commuter bike, which is based around an old Raleigh mountain bike circa 1994. I'm planning to put some bull bars on it and have begun buying a few bits in preparation but something struck me today that might be rather fundamental to the idea - the stem is one these:
http://www.bikepro.com/products/stems/stems_jpg/k2k_zoom_mtb.jpg
And the simple question is, am I going to be able to thread the bull bars through it? There's a little give in the clamp mechanism, but not a whole lot and I'm not sure the bend in the bars will go through. I don't want to get to buying them and realise they don't fit and I'll have to go out and rethink my whole stem system too.
Incidentally, do they still make/sell these types anymore? A look around seems to suggest they only use the type to fit threadless headsets now, with the completely removable clamp system - like this:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17037
http://www.bikepro.com/products/stems/stems_jpg/k2k_zoom_mtb.jpg
And the simple question is, am I going to be able to thread the bull bars through it? There's a little give in the clamp mechanism, but not a whole lot and I'm not sure the bend in the bars will go through. I don't want to get to buying them and realise they don't fit and I'll have to go out and rethink my whole stem system too.
Incidentally, do they still make/sell these types anymore? A look around seems to suggest they only use the type to fit threadless headsets now, with the completely removable clamp system - like this:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17037