I love my Bacchetta Giro 20.
There’s this thing with the B-Link in the stem, tho. This very handily allows the stem to hinge forward, which is nice, except that it allows the stem to hinge way foward - so when lifting/maneuvering the bike by the handlebars into the garage, or into a bike rack, it’ll suddenly hinge all the way forward, the bike flips upside-down like a huge chrome-moly limp fish, & I’ll trip over the place where the bottom-bracket would be if Picasso hadn’t been the one to design this wonderful piece of machinery.
So -
I picked up a few inches of 1/16″ cable from the hardware store, & smushed on sleeves with vice-grips & hammer, fastening this to the top bolts in the bottom & top blocks of the B-Link assembly:
I had to make a few to get the length just right - the loops tend to stretch a bit, and as there’s a lot of leverage in the stem, the swages need to be smashed pretty thoroughly to prevent the cable ends from pulling through.
This now gives me a good range of forward swing in the stem, but prevents hinging forward past the point of stable maneuverability.
Sweet.
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