{"id":15724,"count":1,"description":"The stem is the component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the steerer tube of the bicycle fork. Sometimes called a goose neck, a stem's design belongs to either a quill or threadless system, and each system is compatible with respective headset and fork designs:\nSomewhat counter-intuitively, the term threadless derives not from whether the stem itself is threaded\u2014 but rather from whether a headset lock nut threads on to the fork steer tube. Quill stems require a threaded headset \u2014 of specific length for each bicycle model. Threadless stems require an un-threaded steerer tube \u2014 which may vary in length for each bicycle model.\nQuill systems predate threadless systems. With the advent of threadless stems, manufacturers no longer need to provide a range of threaded forks for a given model; all threadless system forks are made with the same length steerer tube (long). The steerer tubes are then cut to length to fit upon installation. Un-threaded forks often require less labor...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/stem\/","name":"Stem","slug":"stem","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/15724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=15724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}