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Olsen All Aboard prototype stem

Here's something different; our friend Kelvin Nicholson has been working on a new design of stem. Its made in two halves that bolt together around a 31.8mm handle bar with a reach of 50mm, but the unique thing about this stem is that it uses threaded inserts. Rather than have the thread in the stem body itself and the inserts are replaceable. i have been testing this stem myself for a year now and its had no problems, i trust it completely to handle all the riding i do.

The threaded insert at the steerer tube clamp.

The threaded insert at the front of the stem where you clamp your bars.

Another project Kelvin has been working on is these shell casing valve caps with gate 23 stamped on them, they are available for £5 for 2 caps and they look great on any bike.