How to Raise your Bike Handlebars - Stem Extender Install - EASY!
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- čas přidán 29. 03. 2021
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The handlebars on my road bike were too low and it was putting too much strain on my wrists. This stem extender from Amazon did an amazing job, and it was surprisingly easy to install. This is my install tutorial, and should work for most road bikes, mountain bikes, or hybrid bikes. I'll show you how to know if this will work for your bike.
This is an updated version with changes as recommended by viewers, and my cousin, Ryan, who is a bike repair champ. Thank you! - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Oh good! I bought a used road bike that had a short stem. I didn’t realize it was too short on my test ride. I thought I needed to buy a whole new fork. Thank you!
This isn't the best solution, but it does work.
Great video. Bought a stem raiser and installed in 10 minutes, The best how to ever!
Thanks Mark! I appreciate the feedback. Glad this was so helpful for you.
I watched your video and 10 minutes later I decided to tackle the project, and I was finished in less than 10 minutes! Thank you for your excellent instructions. The riser made a huge difference.
Great! Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad this explained everything well, Scott!
This was an amazing video, no guessing required, thorough, informative, and to the point with examples, fantastic video bravo
Thank you!
watching this video made me confident enough to add my stem extender on myself, and it worked! Thanks
That's great! Way to go! Glad this was helpful for you!
Academy Award for the Best Tutorial goes to Jason Foote!
Haha thanks. I want to thank my family, my agent, my acting coach... and my biggest fan, yutumedia!
This video was so helpful. You're awesome
You're welcome - thanks for the comment!
I used this tutorial to increase the height of my bike. It is very simple to understand and follow. Well done.
Thank you, Sanjay! I'm glad this was useful for you
Thanks for this video. Very helpful.
You're welcome!
Great tutorial, thanks! I watched it to wrap my head around the process and then re-watched and paused as I reached each step. Very helpful and easy to follow.
Glad it helped!
Thank you from Australia. Nice and clear. The instructions that came with my new riser were useless. They should just have a link to your video.
Thanks again
Thank you, ray. Appreciate the feedback
Thanks mate , i ordered mine after watched you,
You're welcome!
Great! Thanks for the feedback
This was an extremely informative to the point video! I followed your content from the beginning to end, and now my mothers bike is exactly the way she needs it. Thank you.
That's great! I'm glad it was helpful and you were able to get the job done. Thanks for the comment.
I was able to do these steps as you were talking. Super simple and easy to do. Thank you very much!
You bet, Jeffery!
Just found this, fitted this same extension tubes to Wife's & mine bikes, but couldn't figure out how to get rid of the slop. Thanks to you, it's now sorted. Cheers from New Zealand.
You're welcome, kiwi! Happy to help
Clear instructions and tips. Will try. Thanks, good job. Hi from Poland.
You're welcome. Glad I could help!
With your help I just installed my new stem riser. Thanks!
That's great! Thanks for the comment. Happy to help
Great video Jason, best video to guide you through the process. Was able to install in about 10 minutes without any hiccups
Thanks Rene! Glad this helped. I appreciate the feedback
amazingly helpful video. thanks for being straight to the point and showing us what we need to know
You bet, Carsten! I'm glad you found it helpful.
Good explanation and follow-up from the first video. You're right, the handlebar top should be below the stem of the extender. Thanks !
Thank you!
I ordered the riser with that pivots half way up. Thanks for the vid.Good work.
Thanks Doug. Hope it works well for you :)
Thanks i fixed my own bike by the guide of this vid of yours❤❤❤❤❤
You're welcome!
Great tutorial, had a fear of doing damage but you made it look easy. Thanks
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for your video just got a trek bike from the thrift store and the handlebars were way too low for me. I'm able to ride my new bike without issues now thank you again!!
That's great to hear! You're welcome!
Great tutorial; you make the task look so very easy, well done!
Thank you!
Your video was very informative. And answered what I needed to know. Thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment. I'm glad this helped
Good video. I'm going to put an adjustable handlebar extender on my Ebike, so I'll be deleting reach but adding height. Thanks, Jason.
Sounds like a great plan! You're welcome - thanks for the comment, Jamie!
Best video for this. Thank you sir. Can’t wait until mine comes in the mail!
You're welcome!
Oh boy ,looks hilarious 😮
Thanks for the comment, Ian "Mad Gun" Mangham
I learned a lot from your video, just bought a bike today. Thank you!
You're welcome! I am glad it was helpful
Very simple, to the point and very practical DIY
Glad you found it helpful. Thanks a lot for the comment!
You're welcome, Laquita!
Thanks for the vid, I thought that's how it worked but nice to watch you walk through the installation.
You bet, Paul! Thanks
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID ! ! ! 😂🎉
YOU GOTTA FIND THAT HOLE MAN ! ! !
THANK YOU , I APPRECIATE THIS INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO.
Same here. I decided to do it after watching your video. It went smooth.
Great to hear! Thanks!
Awesome video on how to do the extender!!!! thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Awsome video, Quick explanation, straight foward
Thank you! Glad this was helpful! Thanks for the comment
Thanks, guillerdemarco!
Thanks man, this was easy peasy thanks to your guide. Much thanks.
You're welcome!
Thanks 🙏🏻 I got a pretty good idea now after watching ur video,, I have an e-bike and bought the longest extender available (: fits pretty good 👍🏼 thanks
You bet! Thanks for the feedback
Very detailed video. Thanks for your efforts and information. Well done while holding the camera with one hand :).
Thank you! Glad this helped
Thank you for the tutorial. This was very helpful. ❤
You're welcome, Polecat!
Thanks, that was extremely helpful. What a gift!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. First video I watched on handle bar extenders.
You're welcome. Do you have any questions or did that explain things pretty well?
@@JasonsHonestReviews no other questions. You did a good job explaining it. I just purchased an extender for my handle bar on my ebike. Can’t wait to see if it works. Thanks again.
@@jppcps great! Good luck
@@JasonsHonestReviews thanks much. If I have a problem with it I will check in with you or your video again.
@@jppcps sounds good! Happy to help
Thank you so much! I am a newbie... this was so very helpful.
You're welcome! Glad this was helpful!
Excellent! Thank you.
You're welcome!
Nice and simple presentation!
Thanks!
Very impressed with doing it with one hand LOL
Thanks, Angel!
Clear and concise. Good video
Thank you, Andrew! Appreciate the feedback!
Great job. Really helpful. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks man. Found what was i doing wrong while extending bar. 🍻
You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback, Top 10
very good and clear how to- thanks
You bet! Thank you for the comment
This definitely works my back feels so much better than leaning over so much I'm really tall and a big guy.
Great, KT! Thanks for the comment!
Excellent instructions. Thankyou.
You're welcome!
Very helpful, thank you very much!
You're welcome, Robert!
I bought aRibbble hybrid for the the relaxed riding position and the handle bars ended up lower than the saddle causing wrist pain. I fitted an extender and it has helped. It doesnt seem to be recommended however by Ribble but I had already fitted the extender.
That's interesting. I wonder if it's for liability on their end. I'm glad it's helped with wrist pain - that was my big reason for doing it and it helped a ton for me!
Great video! Thanks!!
You're welcome!
Great video and tips! Thanks 😁
You are so welcome!
Pretty good dude, keep it up
Thanks, Astro!
Will give a try and see how it works. Thank you.
You bet! Hope it does the trick for you
@@JasonsHonestReviews We did it and worked well however there is a caveat to this: Anyone attempting to install 'any' brand of fork-stem, and-or handlebar extender on this bike needs to be aware that once you loosen and-or remove the handlebar stem, the upper and lower bearing races will unseat. The bearings don't fall out BUT, the required upper and lower bearing tensions will be lost and you will damage all of the bearing surfaces if you don't retain them properly upon reassembly. So, after you slide the new fork stem extender over the fork tube, install the number of spacers you think you want, and then reinstall the handlebar stem over the new fork stem extender, you will want to tighten the (2) stem extender screws onto the fork tube just enough so that it does not spin freely left or right. And then tighten the (2) hex-screws on the handlebar stem in the same manner. Next, you'll want to insert the handlebar stem cap and long hex screw into the handlebar stem and fork tube and tighten it until the bar stem cap does not spin easily. The last step is very important in that it is going to correctly seat the lower and upper bearing surfaces to the bike frame head-tube. It is best to have the front tire and fork off of the floor for this but it can be done while on the floor if need be. Start by turning the handlebars slightly left and right while slowly tightening the hex, stem screw. Keep turning the handlebars slightly left and right while slowly tightening the hex stem screw until you can feel ‘NO’ up, down, left, or right play in the top of the fork and bottom of the new fork stem extender. Do NOT overtighten or you will damage the bearings and races. Now, align your handlebars and new fork tube extender with the bike's top tube so that everything looks straight. Lastly, tighten the hex-screws (4) on the fork-stem extender and handlebar stem and you’re done.
@@cornelbacauanu1544 thanks for this detailed response!
@@cornelbacauanu1544 A lockring spacer should be used.
Thank you, it was very useful!
You're very welcome!
nice job
Thanks!
Thanks for the update
You bet!
So helpful! Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Very nicely done.
Thanks for the comment!
Very thorough. Thank you
You're welcome, Waqas. I am glad you found this helpful
You made a big to-do about the stem being mounted below the top of the stem riser at 3:25 in the video. Please go back to (1:05 in the video) when you took the the top cap off and you'll see that the stem sits about 5mm above the end of the steerer tube. If you had left the 10mm spacer on instead of the 5mm one them stem would have been mounted in the same position as it originally was.
At 2:26 in the video you took note of the two spacers that the stem sat on (probably 20mm each). You should have removed one of those spacers and tested how the stem riser fit on the steerer tube. I found that I needed to replace one of those 20mm spacers with an 8mm spacer as I wanted to be sure that both bolts on the stem riser would be tightening on the steerer tube. This is the most stressed point in this upgrade.
When doing this job, have everything ready and within reach (on a table next to you). Stand in front of the bike with the wheel in between your legs or use a rear wheel stand (not kickstand). Do the job step by step (get the stem riser completely on before dealing with stem and handlebar). The top cap and bolt is used as an installation tool doing this job (do not over torque, I repeat do do over tighten this bolt). The star nut inside the steerer tube is made of soft metal and if you strip it, life will become difficult.
Thank you! Sorry for the confusion. I had to refilm part of it and I guess i mixed up some of the clips in the edit
Perfect demonstration
Thanks, Drew! Appreciate the comment
Good job man
Thank you
Thanks for this!
You bet, Mandeep! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment
best video i've seen on this.
Thanks al. Appreciate the feedback
Great video thanks for the upload
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice work
Very informative thanks.
You're welcome, bridie!
very useful.
thanks
You're welcome, MTB!
Great effort bros..thanks you
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment!
Thanks, my friend. Maybe you need to get a buddy to hold that camera for you😉
Right?! Guess I need to make a friend :) thanks for the comment
NICE, video help me a lot
You're welcome, Game!
Thank you.
You're welcome, Chris!
good and helpful vid. makes me confident to do this change to my CAAD9 as I suffer the same issue, tired and numbing lower palms.
When i bought the bike in '09 my body was a lot more flexible and didn't mind the low (but "correct") bars.
I've been playing with the saddle and found the 30º "rule". Then stumbled on the stem extender device on a bike forum.
My question regards the rings.
I assume you removed the OEM ones and put the extender direct on the OEM stem.
Did you remove the originals and replace with the new or just mix and match till you got what you needed?
To the detractors and CEs, not everyone can drop $1500 or more on a "properly fitted" bike.
Sometimes you have to opt for making do.
The stem extension receives favor on bike forums I've seen. I doubt there would be so many available on the market if this was considered unsafe.
No one is saying that a 10" extension would be a good idea. Any clown can figure that a taller vertical is gonna effect the horizontal (stress) of the stem itself.
Because of the angle, the stem extender also effects the "practical" length of the stem and would bring ones bars closer into the cockpit,.
That may result in changing the stem to a longer one to recover a "comfy" geometry and/or steering control.
No one said they was doing the TdF with a 6" extender. This is good youtube information.
This ain' no MIT or RPI grad thesis.
But you are welcome to show your calculations
Now go take a ride.
Success. With one handed job.
Awesome! Glad this helped you out :) thanks for the comment
Thanks!
You're welcome!
Mine is coming soon. Hopefully it will install as easily as yours!
I hope so too! Let me know if you run into any trouble
@@JasonsHonestReviews thank you
Thanks you 😊
You're welcome!
0:40' Hex Socket(Countersunk) Head Bolt, which you'd need an Allen Key.
3:18' Steering Tube. The Stem connects to the handlebar.
Thanks for the clarification! I figured i got some of the technical words wrong
Thanks great info
Glad it was helpful!
The top of the fork tube should be about 3mm below the top of the stem extension .
Excellent point
Thank you
You bet, R A!
thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks
You bet!
good job buddy.
Thanks Aaron
Excellent video, and I needed it, as my extender came with almost no instructions. A question just occurred to me: could you have used that extra ring under the extender?
Great question. It depends on your particular setup. You just need to make sure that those bolts are below the top of the stem
That's exactly right. The spacers go below the stem so the stem sits "proud".
Great job, just what I needed to know! Took some time to find this vid but hey, there we are, thanks a lot. Btw.. Do you think this extension would work on a koga touring bike?
You're welcome! Not sure about that specific bike
Good video
Thank you, Jo Ann!
Would this part work with the Surly Bridge Club with Moloko handlebars? Thank you.
I'm not sure.. sorry. You could try and return it to Amazon if it doesn't.
Is the extension adapter has different or standard size? please advise.
That's a good question. Most Amazon products will have pretty clear size descriptions. And if in doubt, you could always try it and return it to Amazon :)
Hope you're helps
thankyou
You're welcome!
Should've said we have to somehow get a extender piece at the beginning
Sorry that wasn't more clear. Thanks for the feedback.
I have a redline D660. the outer extension measures 34.8mm. Do you think it will fit? TIA
I'll be honest, I'm not sure... I'm not familiar. Sorry!
It looks terrible. It’s way too high. Good idea but I wouldn’t want to extend by so much space. Do they have different extender sizes?
They do, there are taller and shorter ones
What are those cool pads called that are on either side on handle bars? Can you rest hands in them
I love them for resting my hands on - it takes a lot of pressure off of my wrists. I'm not sure what they are called to be honest, but I found a bunch just searching "ergonomic bike grips". Hope that helps!
just be careful not to do that top bolt up too tight. It sets the preload on the steering bearing races. You need to nip it up just enough to take out the movement in the bearing but not tight enough to make the steering stiff. The bolts in the stem and extension lock everything together. In fact once they are tight it is possible to take the top bolt right out with no effect. Then check the free play again and after a few miles, after everything has settled down.
Also be sure the top washer is pushing on the stem, not the top of the fork. if the fork protrudes above the stem fit a spacer on the top, like you did but later it was removed. I think you put it back under the stem as the fork was not protruding. Ideally it would have been better to replace that spacer with one half the size. this would have left the fork just bellow the top of the stem. If the washer is pushing against the top of the fork, it will do nothing.
Thank you! Great advice - things I should have better emphasized.