{"id":2305,"date":"2010-01-12T23:21:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T04:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2010-01-12T23:22:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T04:22:41","slug":"pretty-pretty-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/12\/pretty-pretty-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty, Pretty Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With today’s arrival of a Thomson X4 stem<\/a> the handle bar on my new bike is now secured properly with a really wonderful looking stem. Well-machined parts are really beautiful. The stem also feels to be the right length and the black stem cap looks really good. And it’s made in the US! (Here’s a photo of the stem itself, just sitting on the workbench.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The order that I’d placed with King Cage<\/a> for some friends and I also arrived today (photo<\/a>). In this order is a Iris cage, which is of a slightly different design than the standard water bottle cage. I’d purchased it for use with the previously mentioned Klean Kanteen<\/a>, but it appears that the side loops don’t reach up to the shoulder of the bottle, so it’s only held in with friction (photo<\/a>). I hope this isn’t a problem, but if it is I can always fall back on using a normal-ish bottle, which the Iris does hold quite securely around the indentation (photo<\/a>). Or, worst case, I’ve got a spare regular King Cage-brand cage.<\/p>\n

Now to wait for the pedals (should have shipped Monday) and the bike should be complete. I’ve also ordered a rather unique handlebar (Ragley Carnegie’s Bar<\/a>) to try, but I’m not sure if I’ll fit that prior to the first single track ride this spring or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With today’s arrival of a Thomson X4 stem the handle bar on my new bike is now secured properly with a really wonderful looking stem.…<\/p>\n

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