NITTO moved max height line higher on Technomics?! Photo proof here.

[lungimsam]

I was swapping out my 8cm stem for a 7cm, and I noticed that the MAX height line has been moved higher on my new stem I just bought. That means you can't get the Technomic as high as you could before. Unless for some reason the 8cm stems have a lower max height line?

 

Fortunately, the max height line on the new one is the same height at which I have been keeping my old stem height at anyway. Just couldn't go higher if I wanted too. But I am already like 2 inches higher than saddle, so that is fine with me.

 

I don't know which year the original stem from the bike is as it is used. Looks like an oldy but a goody, though.

 

Curious business...

[lungimsam]

Unless the seller I bought from is selling seconds...maybe someone at NITTO had a bad day and stamped the shaft in the wrong place...

[lungimsam]

I notice the old one (left) says "NT" on it, while the new one (right) has "RT" stamped on it. I wonder what that means?

[grant]

We asked NITTO to mark it at 75, not 65. Its standard is 65. I prefer 75, esp with headset stacks.

[lungimsam]

I bought this one out of a place in Iowa.

Rivendell must have a lot of clout to have NITTO move that line on all Technomic Standards sold worldwide.

I want my centimenter back. Ha ha! Just kidding.

 

The extra cm is for safety (keeps more shaft down into steerer)?

[Ron Mc]

If you really need it, there's a Nitto quill to get even taller

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/bebike/item/ntc280/?s-id=borderless_browsehist_02_en

Before you try buying direct from rakuten, I recommend you read my post on buying from Japan.  

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/japan/rbw-owners-bunch/kSQ5n2FEBCM/BWzoOkd3UW0J

[lungimsam]

Wow! 280 mm Technomic! You would think Riv would sell them since they are the #1 proponent for high bars.

 

I am fine with the 225mm stem I have. I was just kidding around.

But it is good to know they make a 280 in case I do need one one day.

That is very tall. I guess they don't sell it in the US market. 

[David Yu Greenblatt]

And if you need a tall stem for your threadless-steerer bike, Joel from Clockwork has you covered:

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjusmhcP

- David G in SF

[PATRICK MOORE]

FWIW, the Nitto Dirt Drop stem with the 10 cm extension gets the bar considerably higher than any Technomic or "7" stem that I know of. I was told this by Rivendell.

Can't compare it in height to the "LD" but the "LD" and copy certainly take the prize for class.

Personally, if I have to hike my bar far above the headset locknut, I prefer an upjutter: quills exposed more than, say, 10 cm just make a bike look as if it were badly sized to begin with. 

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