Light, good value, -17 MTB stem
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Hi all,
I just thought I would share this as there aren't a great deal of nice, light, good value -17 degree stems around. The choice for those riding 29ers and looking for a low front end seemed to be between KCNC Arrow (125g in 90mm, £59) or Extralite (75g EUR190, but only -12 degree). All of the other -17 stems I could find, including "road" stems, don't seem to get much lighter than the KCNC arrow even for a lot extra pennies.
Anyway I stumbled across the Lyti -17 stem through Dulight.fr. I've bought a 90mm one to give a go and first impressions are that it seems very well made and has a really nice metallic/ CNC black sheen finish (not your typical gloss or matt finish- hard to explain or show in the pictures).
Key things: 90mm = 92g for EUR40!
The only downside I can see are the M4 bolts (steel) but it seems to work for Ritchey and Extralite so I am not too worried
I just thought I would share this as there aren't a great deal of nice, light, good value -17 degree stems around. The choice for those riding 29ers and looking for a low front end seemed to be between KCNC Arrow (125g in 90mm, £59) or Extralite (75g EUR190, but only -12 degree). All of the other -17 stems I could find, including "road" stems, don't seem to get much lighter than the KCNC arrow even for a lot extra pennies.
Anyway I stumbled across the Lyti -17 stem through Dulight.fr. I've bought a 90mm one to give a go and first impressions are that it seems very well made and has a really nice metallic/ CNC black sheen finish (not your typical gloss or matt finish- hard to explain or show in the pictures).
Key things: 90mm = 92g for EUR40!
The only downside I can see are the M4 bolts (steel) but it seems to work for Ritchey and Extralite so I am not too worried
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UNO has a -17 stem now as well.
Chris.
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MSC Koncept Carbon Di2 - 6955g
Leichtkraft Team Carbon - 6868g.
3T is what, 125g for 90mm? Kind of the same as the KCNC Arrow.
Do you have a link to the -17 Uno Chris? It is always good to keep on top of light, good value parts
I can't see this Lyti stem being sold elsewhere Stuka as it looks like it is Dulight's "house brand", a little like Mt Zoom being sold through XCracer/ Ant White. I'd be surprised if they designed the stem from scratch so it may exist under another manufacturer or an older design from another manufacturer perhaps???
Do you have a link to the -17 Uno Chris? It is always good to keep on top of light, good value parts
I can't see this Lyti stem being sold elsewhere Stuka as it looks like it is Dulight's "house brand", a little like Mt Zoom being sold through XCracer/ Ant White. I'd be surprised if they designed the stem from scratch so it may exist under another manufacturer or an older design from another manufacturer perhaps???
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Not sure if ebay links are ok, in any case type Uno 17 Stem and it'll come up.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KALLOY-UNO-AL-7 ... 43d94fceb6
Chris.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KALLOY-UNO-AL-7 ... 43d94fceb6
Chris.
Orbea Oiz - xxxx
MSC Koncept Carbon Di2 - 6955g
Leichtkraft Team Carbon - 6868g.
MSC Koncept Carbon Di2 - 6955g
Leichtkraft Team Carbon - 6868g.
Thanks Chris for reminder.
I picked up a -17 stem /120mm for £20 posted off ali express .
It's a carbon stem with alloy face plate. The stem without alloy face plate weighs 89grns which I was going to make a combo with but it was to fat looking for my taste.
It's a carbon stem with alloy face plate. The stem without alloy face plate weighs 89grns which I was going to make a combo with but it was to fat looking for my taste.
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I think the Syntace Flat force is excellent if you want/need more than a -17deg. Steeper than that on a traditional stem and you run the risk of having the stem hit the header top bearing cover.
You can run into this problem with a -17 stem on certain bikes.
You can run into this problem with a -17 stem on certain bikes.
Quick update as a forum member enquired...
Stem is everything you could hope for- fit and forget. No stiffness problems, no creaks... just a great, light, super value stem. 92g for 90mm -17 as above. Overall, very happy.
Here it is mounted:
Stem is everything you could hope for- fit and forget. No stiffness problems, no creaks... just a great, light, super value stem. 92g for 90mm -17 as above. Overall, very happy.
Here it is mounted:
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