What stems have low (3.5cm) steerer clamp bit?

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It's for a friend; I don't care about stuff like this. :thumbup:

Standard is 40mm, but some are 35mm

All I know of so far is some old ITMs and some Cinellis (Solido, for eg)

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Someone in the gallery has a Basso Diamente with a really low stack height stem.

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Thanks. I assume it's a Basso stem, like this

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Syntace flat force has a clamp stack of 25mm
Rotor s3x has a clamp stack of 34mm

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FSA make a -20 that has a low stack that is designed for MTB but theres nothing stopping you.
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I don't think there's a "standard" as such, just some that seem similar.

The Ritchey 4axis are fairly shallow, as is an old Massi one i have with a flip front.
Don't have either at hand to measure them though
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If your friend is willing to go with 26.0 bars, then he might find some low stack height stems to go with them. Things seemed to be slimmer all around for the most part with the 26.0 standard.

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Thomson X2 is fairly low and has good angle options

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User Name wrote:It's for a friend; I don't care about stuff like this. :thumbup:

Standard is 40mm, but some are 35mm

All I know of so far is some old ITMs and some Cinellis (Solido, for eg)

Thanks


Yes, it's true, i have two S3X stems and they are 34mm stack height and also very light.
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Thomson X2 is really low stack for a modern stem. The Flat Force is also low, but the amount of drop and odd lengths might not be idea on a road bike.

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Thanks for the replies. All suggestions have been forwarded on. :D

He's got an X2 on another bike, but has had problems with the bars slipping (rotating), so he's not overly keen to get another one

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Deda Superleggero. Super low stack height. Great stem.

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A bit of friction paste and proper torque will usually fix issues with an X2.

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