THE STEM CAP COLLECTION
THE STEM CAP PROJECT April 2017
THE STEM CAP PROJECT September 2017
THE STEM CAP PROJECT September 2017
The first and only mock up for the Original Stem Cap.
THE STEM CAP PROJECT September 2017
THE STEM CAP PROJECT September 2017
THE STEM CAP PROJECT September 2017
The First Prototype.
No Bolt in the middle of the Art Work.
Why a Stem Cap Urn.
Time for a little Background History.
Time for a little Background History.
Time for a little Background History.
I own the Registered Trademark
"Pedal or Die" and I wanted to plaster it all over anything that moved when I started my little business "Pedal or Die Bicycle Works" and
The Stem Cap is a great place to basically place an ad. But I was vehemently against having a bolt in the middle of my artwork.
Although the idea was put on the shelf, the Prototype has been on my bike for the last 9 years.
Then Life got in the way!!
Time for a little Background History.
Time for a little Background History.
Well this is how life gets in your way sometimes.
UNTIL NOW
My name is Marc Stadelmann
I ride a bike. I am 71 years old. Retired 5 years ago. Two of my Best Friends have died since.
In my grief I made the weirdest bicycle part ever.
Mainly because no one else had what I wanted.
Created the drawings. Place the order. Talked to the engineers. Made notes. Waited for delivery. Anodized it. A lot of bike rides later. The Prototype is now installed on my bike. I am no longer retired.
Bruce and Tony
My 2 best friends since school.
Tony Prey passed in 2022 from an eight year slide from Parkinson's and accompanying complications.
Bruce Strassel passed in 2023 from CJD.
No cure. One in a million. Five weeks, fast and hard.
How did we get to Weird you Ask??
I put an URN for my friends ashes in the Stem of my bike.
The Long Cage is secured in the steering tube, the URN screws in and out from the Long Cage carrying your friends and loved ones safely down the road.
The Stem Cap Collection, even more twisted!!
The Long Cage drops 5 inches down the steering tube, secured with a simple nut and bolt at the bottom and a female threads on top to except the URN.
Here comes the ideas, an URN, a FLASK, A TOOL KIT, a 420 SOLUTION, even a COMMUNICATION DEVICE. And from my bosses wife, a nice place for a flower 🌹. A vase is now on the drawing board. And with a Cap the Long Cage becomes a STASH for whatever you can imagine.
As Weird goes, for your consideration ;
"THE STEM CAP COLLECTION"