How to Raise your Bike Handlebars - Stem Extender Install - EASY!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มี.ค. 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! - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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!
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 was able to do these steps as you were talking. Super simple and easy to do. Thank you very much!
You bet, Jeffery!
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!
With your help I just installed my new stem riser. Thanks!
That's great! Thanks for the comment. Happy to help
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.
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 learned a lot from your video, just bought a bike today. Thank you!
You're welcome! I am glad it was helpful
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
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
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 the vid, I thought that's how it worked but nice to watch you walk through the installation.
You bet, Paul! Thanks
Great tutorial; you make the task look so very easy, well done!
Thank you!
Clear instructions and tips. Will try. Thanks, good job. Hi from Poland.
You're welcome. Glad I could help!
Awesome video on how to do the extender!!!! thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Very simple, to the point and very practical DIY
Glad you found it helpful. Thanks a lot for the comment!
You're welcome, Laquita!
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!
Thanks man, this was easy peasy thanks to your guide. Much thanks.
You're welcome!
I ordered the riser with that pivots half way up. Thanks for the vid.Good work.
Thanks Doug. Hope it works well for you :)
Same here. I decided to do it after watching your video. It went smooth.
Great to hear! Thanks!
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, had a fear of doing damage but you made it look easy. Thanks
You're welcome!
This was an amazing video, no guessing required, thorough, informative, and to the point with examples, fantastic video bravo
Thank you!
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
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!
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
Awsome video, Quick explanation, straight foward
Thank you! Glad this was helpful! Thanks for the comment
Thanks, guillerdemarco!
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!
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.
Best video for this. Thank you sir. Can’t wait until mine comes in the mail!
You're welcome!
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!
Nice and simple presentation!
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I am a newbie... this was so very helpful.
You're welcome! Glad this was helpful!
Clear and concise. Good video
Thank you, Andrew! Appreciate 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
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
This video was so helpful. You're awesome
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
Excellent instructions. Thankyou.
You're welcome!
Great job. Really helpful. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks mate , i ordered mine after watched you,
You're welcome!
Great! Thanks for the feedback
So helpful! Thank you!!
You're welcome!
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!
Thanks man. Found what was i doing wrong while extending bar. 🍻
You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback, Top 10
Very helpful, thank you very much!
You're welcome, Robert!
very good and clear how to- thanks
You bet! Thank you for the comment
Perfect demonstration
Thanks, Drew! Appreciate the comment
Thanks i fixed my own bike by the guide of this vid of yours❤❤❤❤❤
You're welcome!
best video i've seen on this.
Thanks al. Appreciate the feedback
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!
Thanks for the update
You bet!
Thank you, it was very useful!
You're very welcome!
Great video and tips! Thanks 😁
You are so welcome!
Very thorough. Thank you
You're welcome, Waqas. I am glad you found this helpful
Great effort bros..thanks you
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment!
Great video thanks for the upload
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for this!
You bet, Mandeep! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment
Very nicely done.
Thanks for the comment!
Excellent! Thank you.
You're welcome!
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".
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!
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.
nice job
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!
Very informative thanks.
You're welcome, bridie!
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
Nice work
Great video! Thanks!!
You're welcome!
Thanks!
You're welcome!
very useful.
thanks
You're welcome, MTB!
Good job man
Thank you
NICE, video help me a lot
You're welcome, Game!
thank you!
You're welcome!
Oh boy ,looks hilarious 😮
Thanks for the comment, Ian "Mad Gun" Mangham
Thanks great info
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you.
You're welcome, Chris!
good job buddy.
Thanks Aaron
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!
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID ! ! ! 😂🎉
YOU GOTTA FIND THAT HOLE MAN ! ! !
THANK YOU , I APPRECIATE THIS INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO.
Thank you
You bet, R A!
Nice tutorial. My handle bar for my bike to too low causing me back ache lol. Not sure what kind of size to get
I would look at your cables and see how much give you have. If you have to redo cables, it's a much bigger job!
Very impressed with doing it with one hand LOL
Thanks, Angel!
Thanks for this! Am I to understand that there is no way to raise the handle bars without getting that extension?
Some bikes have a stem that allows you to change the angle of tilt - usually with a bolt you loosen. If that's not the case, then this is kind of your only option
@@JasonsHonestReviews Thanks again bud! Is it me or is this the stupidest design ever? :)
how come at 5:08 the handlebar level again wasn't matching with the extender installed? I thought you level them at 3:48, and that's why you removed a spacer.
I had to go back and edit this. I did it wrong the first time. I must have not edited it quite right.
Thanks
You bet!
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.
what is the alternative for a bike with no screw like that on top? I am trying to accomplish something similar but have a different handle bar with no bolt at the top. any help will be appreciated
Dr Handa, what type of bike is it? You might Google the model and "stem extender" and see if anything pulls up. Or else ask a local bike shop. Ultimately you might have a bike that's not the right size - or style - for you.
Good video
Thank you, Jo Ann!
Hello, thanks for the video. The product link doesn't seem to be working. Can you please post any other extender products you recommend for MTB, thanks
I guess they don't make the one I did the video on. I haven't used this one but it looks similar
amzn.to/3PciDha
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
Have you seen the other type risers? They have no bolts on the outside. Instead they grip from the inside as you tighten the top bolt . Trying to find some opinions regarding it. 🤔
I haven't seen those - sorry I'm not more help!
Yes. Those ones look better but they only tighten against the steerer tube. They do not tighten the headset bearings. You can put the star-nut in (without the extension) and tighten the headset and secure it with a headset lockring spacer. Then remove the top bolt and cap (the bearings will stay tight beacuse of the lockring) and knock the starnut down far enough for the new riser/extender. Insert and tighten. With this you can change or adjust the stem without the headset ever coming loose, because of the lockring. A bit more work in the beginning but better overall.
@@paulg666 I thought the main bolt would do the two jobs at once . Expand the griper firstly then while pushing down on the outer spacers which would pull the forks up via the gripper?
@@user-ux9ll3yk5y No, they are made for threaded forks but work with threadless. You can also just push down on the stem to remove all the play and then tighten the stem bolts to lock it. There is also a mod for this but I’ll have to try and find the TH-cam video.
@@paulg666 yeah I miss understood how they worked, I realize now they are simply an extender to lengthen the neck pole. The neck bearings can be tightened via the threaded hole at the top of the extender once it's fitted . Just watched a video on here where the guy actually glues the raiser in because it didn't grip properly.
how tall are you and how many inches did you need to add to make that comfortable to ride? Im 6' and over 275lbs, just got an ebike on the way and already purchased the extender because im not obviously into racing.
I'm 6' as well. I have bad wrists so was trying to take some strain off my wrists. I was looking to raise it about 5 inches. Hope this does the trick!
thankyou
You're welcome!
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!
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
Does this significantly shorten your break cables?
Mine were long enough that I didn't have to change anything. But that's why I didn't opt for a longer one.
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