not sure which of newsboys in the pic are MTB. Road stems have a different clamp size for the bar, so there looks to be a couple of MTB jobbies there. The fella has an incredible collection of Ti goodies so he's sure to have something suitable, might be worth giving him a PM..
Which is an example of a Top of the Range MTB Stem?
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For me, Ringle and Kooka stuff always looked a mile better than anything else
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Which isn't a lot in the scheme of things when you consider the polished syncros cattlehead in 1995 retailed at £108. (black was a bit cheaperibbz":1tey7a61 said:ferrus":1tey7a61 said:lovely, but they ain't cheap; generally £90 - £110ish and they're a bit flexy (but better than most Ti stems)
It'll be an Ahead stem first, 120mm polished, straight onto my RSP...mmmmmmmmmm
Favourite stem I have is the fillet-brazed one Dave Yates made for my Diablo as nobody was making 1" aheadstems when I needed one. Otherwise the Pace stem is very nice.
Syncros and Answer, while fine (and I've had both) were IMHO chunky-looking for skinny-tubed steel frames so I preferred Control Tech.
Syncros and Answer, while fine (and I've had both) were IMHO chunky-looking for skinny-tubed steel frames so I preferred Control Tech.
I'm a fan of Controltech stems, but equally Pace, X-Lite amongst others make/made some really nice quality stems.
Some stems look better on certain bikes, and at the top end of stems there's really not much in it performance-wise (ie weight) to differentiate between them all, so really it comes down to which stem you like the look of, which suits your bike etc.
Some stems look better on certain bikes, and at the top end of stems there's really not much in it performance-wise (ie weight) to differentiate between them all, so really it comes down to which stem you like the look of, which suits your bike etc.
