Raising the handlebar height

[Wooky]

I need to either raise my handlebar height or, alternatively buy new handlebars, as my weight is all on the outside of my palm on all my bikes. for this bike though, could anyone tell me the best way to do that with this headset please: MobileMe Gallery, the spec says it's a Cane Creek headset if that is of any use?

 

[flecc]

That headset isn't adjustable for height Wooky, the extension is fixed. The way this type adjusts is by having a pivoting extension, so you'd need to change that one to this type, shown here on a Torq 1:

You can see the pivot adjustment there marked with the degrees by which the extension can be raised. Bolts 1 and 2 are merely for the headstock bearing adjustment and side to side handlebar alignment. Loosening the number 1 bolts and tightening the number 2 bolt adjusts down on the bearing elements 3 and 4.
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[Wooky]

That headset isn't adjustable for height Wooky, the extension is fixed. The way this type adjusts is by having a pivoting extension, so you'd need to change that one to this type, shown here on a Torq 1:

You can see the pivot adjustment there marked with the degrees by which the extension can be raised. Bolts 1 and 2 are merely for the headstock bearing adjustment and side to side handlebar alignment. Loosening the number 1 bolts and tightening the number 2 bolt adjusts down on the bearing elements 3 and 4.
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Thanks flecc, does that mean just changing the silver bit (technical term) or the whole thing?, maybe handlebars are cheaper!

Terry

 

[flecc]

The silver bit Terry. I'm not up to date on these and they may come in different stem sizes, but any good local bike shop should be able to advise on a replacement. As you say, new handlebars may be cheaper and there are many riser patterns on the market, though they are often as much as £60. St Johns Cycles have these shopsoiled ones at a bargain price:

Riser handlebar
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[Wooky]

The silver bit Terry. I'm not up to date on these and they may come in different stem sizes, but any good local bike shop should be able to advise on a replacement. As you say, new handlebars may be cheaper and there are many riser patterns on the market, though they are often as much as £60. St Johns Cycles have these shopsoiled ones at a bargain price:

Riser handlebar
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Thanks, I'll take a ride to my local LBS and see what they have. I'm stuck in the 60's when you could simply raise the stem as you wanted.

I had no idea handlebars were so expensive, I can remember using Motorbike chopper ones with some packing on my Raleigh Tahiti as they were then thinner than bike ones. Combined with a big old grey rubber moped saddle, so comfortable, they don't make like that any more (old git mode).

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[flecc]

I'm stuck in the 60's when you could simply raise the stem as you wanted.

Yes that was much, much better than any of the modern headstocks, but unfortunately the cycle world is plagued by designers who assume that because something is old, there must be room for improvement.

The concept that something might reach it's pinnacle over time doesn't seem to occur to them, so they design something worse, just to be different.
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[Wooky]

Well I ended up with one of these

Which the nice man at Bike-It in Barnstaple fitted for me along with a longer front brake cable, it certainly helps.

MobileMe Gallery

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[flecc]

That's great Wookie an extension stem, the extra height needed but still matching the original style.
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