rigidftw
Retro Guru
I did. He could not explain the misalignment, not knowing how I measured. I sent him some photos and am awaiting further comment.Too bad you aren’t 100% happy with the stem, it is beautiful. The weight is pretty typical of this old school stem design, the Ritchey force on my 88’ RM weights 355g. The Velocity’s make use of other weight saving approaches not used on this fillet brazed unit.
I’d be tempted to reach out to Paul for advice on the clamp alignment concern. A degree or so may make all the difference if there is a way to safely tweek the clamp.
He did however offer me a full refund in case I did not want the stem.
For now I am hoping it‘s going to be more comfortable than the Velocity stem. That one offered very little comfort.