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Looks like a seatpost to handlebar stem for a bike with a third wheel.
Is it a repainted mid-90′s TWP mountainbike stem?
It’s a stem, just not sure since the color is throwing me off. Could be everything from Onza to Allsop/Softride. They used that color. That or AC(Adventure Components). They made a kit back in the 90′s that had a stem, crank, fork pieces, hubs. All the stuff they made and it was color coded for the three different Rock Shox colors at the time. Red, Gold and Yellow.
I am going with an AC Stem.
Cinelli stem from the late 90′s.
definitely 90s, definitely a stem, almost definitely for mountain bikes… I was totally into all the innovations back then but just can’t remember someone doing cutaways from billet over the standard tubular variety ála Ringlé… plus, this doesn’t look like one of the very best in terms of machining…
ugh… not ringing any bells
Is that forged Magnesium?
port side blinker bearing…Where do I pick up my prize?
Old cold forged downhill stem.
Zokes, maybe?
Specialized stem.
The word’s heaviest bicycle stem
I’m with Professor Velo — I know what it’s NOT (not a Cinelli, definitely), but can’t put a finger on what it IS.
I bet the logo is on the other side
The steer clamp looks skinny, like its for a 1″ steer tube. If you flip it over, that would put the bar clamp bolt in a typical position for a road bike stem. So I would guess it was meant for a road bike, for whatever that is worth.
the world’s most phallic stem.
I’d (almost) go with Db and say its a prototype (I think I can see welding by the bar clamp) for a cast magnesium stem by Kirk Precision, although think Kirk predated Aheadsets, so…… ???
Looks dangerous, what ever it is!
Definetly Two Wheel Performace (TWP)!!
Its a stem!!! OR a…… stem!
Nuke Proof.
TRP stem, circa ’98?
Answer: bart, the logo IS on the other side, and it’s a TWP sticker. Shane and elwictor FTW!
IRD
Looks like a KHS Power Tools stem to me.