Thomson stem differences?

[ishaw]

I've hot a couple of stems that I thought were the same, but I've noticed that one has x4 etched into it, the other x4 elite. Is there a difference? Visually they look the same.

 

[mk one]

I thought all their stems were elites :? have you got a picture of the one without elite on it? otherwise its elite for 25.4 bars and elite X4 for 31.8 and 35 bars

 

[ishaw]

Re:

I'll grab some pics but both are 31.8.

 

[T'boo Ted]

I think it was before, the elite was tghe 25.4 and the X4 was the 31.8, where now there is the elite X4 as they stopped making the old elite in 25.4.
So one is probably a few years old (X$) and the other a bit newer, same design, just they added the elite as they stopped making the old elite.

 

[CraigB5]

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I think the earlier generation (for 25.4mm bars) were ‘Elite’, these were available with a rise in steps of 5 degrees. The later generation (for 31.8mm bars) were badged X4 Elite, different fixing method to steerer and rise only available in steps of 10 degrees. I think the newer ones are slightly lighter too. This is the quandary I currently have, I prefer 5 degree rise but limits me to older bars.