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  • Show us your custom or unique stem top caps.
  • kingkongsfinger
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    After a new 1 1/8 stem cap, anyone got any custom made ones or unique beauties?

    Fancy a change on a few of bike. 😛

    bikeneil
    Free Member

    Stem Captain ?

    walla24
    Free Member

    get one of those ‘stick yer beer caps on’ ones…superstar?

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    amplebrew
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    Not unique, but had this sat around in a cupboard for a couple of years now.

    At least it’s topical 😆


    stemcap by Ample Brew, on Flickr

    nealglover
    Free Member

    I’ll have the Mellow Johnnys one if its for sale ??

    I love Lance me 🙂

    amplebrew
    Full Member

    nealglover – Member

    I’ll have the Mellow Johnnys one if its for sale ??

    I love Lance me

    😆

    I ended up with this one after I ordered one for a friend who was a massive Lance fan. I got myself one as I thought it was a bit different.

    I reckon it’s been in the cupboard since 2009.

    nealglover
    Free Member

    Don’t try and build up the price making it out to be “vintage” 😉

    How much ?

    firestarter
    Free Member


    amplebrew
    Full Member

    nealglover – Member

    Don’t try and build up the price making it out to be “vintage”

    How much ?

    😆

    Send us a fiver on paypal (brewking75ATgooglemailDOTcom) and I’ll post it recorded to you in the morning 8)

    meehaja
    Free Member

    Now then… I was just thinking earlier today that I might make some wooden top caps. Is that something that would be of interest to people or is it a terrible idea?

    amplebrew
    Full Member

    meehaja – Member

    Now then… I was just thinking earlier today that I might make some wooden top caps. Is that something that would be of interest to people or is it a terrible idea?

    Sounds like a cool idea 8)

    walla24
    Free Member

    will they be strong enough? will the wood compress and allow play in the headset?
    would look cool though 😀

    nealglover
    Free Member

    will they be strong enough? will the wood compress and allow play in the headset?

    Top cap doesn’t do anything once the stem is tightened down onto the spacers etc.

    As long as its strong enough to hold everything down to get the stem tightened it should be ok ?

    Northwind
    Full Member

    There’s not a lot of pressure on a top cap (you can use an alu bolt after all, if you’re brave)

    I’ve got one of these:

    Which I like, despite its naffness, but the white’s coming off so it’s been retired. Might need to see if Jo will get some custom made out of silver for us.

    JoeG
    Free Member

    I’ve been wanting a different one myself.

    Wood cap would look cool! It might need some metal or something to add strength and to keep it from splitting, though.

    I thought of having one engraved or whatever, but can’t think of anything worth putting on it!

    Kinda like the stem captain compass, but not enough to pull the trigger on one.

    I have one of those Mint Sauce ones somewhere but never put it on!

    rOcKeTdOg
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    87 by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr


    nearing empty by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

    mtbmaff
    Free Member


    DSC00060 by maffmtb, on Flickr

    clubber
    Free Member

    Where did you get the cake one, RD?

    rOcKeTdOg
    Full Member

    Alpkit

    drofluf
    Free Member

    There’s not a lot of pressure on a top cap (you can use an alu bolt after all, if you’re brave)

    I’ve got one of these:

    Which I like, despite its naffness, but the white’s coming off so it’s been retired. Might need to see if Jo will get some custom made out of silver for us.

    Not sure about a stem cap, but maybe a key ring would be nice!

    kingkongsfinger
    Free Member

    Stem cap strength is not an issue. Assembly the stem etc with a normal top cap and bolt and then once everything is tight including stem bolts that grip the steerer you could take the top cap off and not even have one in therory. This one does nowt really and one weights 4.7g with bolt !
    http://www.xcracer.com/shop/viewproduct.php?productid=134

    mattzzzzzz
    Free Member

    Just found this guys

    http://www.kapz.co.uk/index.asp

    Gonna get one for my mate for Christmas

    smiff
    Free Member

    £20 for anything you want, nice find
    http://www.kapz.co.uk/kapz—custom-laser-etched-headset-caps-15-c.asp
    or engraved for £5 more..
    like a t-shirt though, you want to go easy on the funnies, could get old fast.

    D0NK
    Full Member

    kapz are tempting

    MTzoom

    In total weighing 4.7g, the lightweight Ritchey carbon top cap and titanium bolt which this replaced weighed 15g.

    a real weightweenie would use one of these to fit the stem then remove it and save the massive 4.7g plus whatever an SFN weighs

    smiff
    Free Member

    what and just have a big ugly hole in their stem? Shirley not.

    D0NK
    Full Member

    shirley weightweenies are obsessives so aesthetics matter little?
    (weightweenie in denial)

    firestarter
    Free Member

    My two are from the Kapz place and I could be talked in to selling if anyone is interested 😉

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