sovereign wrote:JasperGr wrote:sawyer wrote:C260 stem is just a f***ing stupid design
It may, as Ritchey claim, better distribute clamping force ... I have no idea. Solution looking for a problem.
A stem that you have to remove tape for and which often scratches/gouges bars during normal installation is a poor design
I installed mine once, took it off and sold it
Junk - avoid
To be fair to Ritchey - generally their bars and stems are first rate
I agree with you! The C260 destroyed my fork tube...
Details?
I will get the pictures of my laptop tomorrow. I had the aluminium version of the c260 and I was happy. I do some road races every month and the road is not always smooth so at one moment the stem came lose. I reinstalled it with the correct torque and torquekey. After that it didn't came off till I checked my bearings and I saw a damn crack in the tube. Luckely scott sent a replacement fork for a Nice price but it wasn't their fould. Now I have a Zipp stem which I really like and they have them in OS for Giant and maybe Canyon, but it's heavy..