FairWheel Stem Test Updated

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by Broady

Good stuff. I wish Enve did a -17!

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by Marin

That might be - the Uno is 7000 Series, dunno about the New Ultimate.

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It's funny with stems. A light weight stem may seem too flexy using a lighter bar, but with a more beefed up bar, same stem can come out feeling it works great.
Same using a more beefed up stem with a lighter bar.
I have 13 stems and 4 handlebars and it seems it comes down to matching at some point.
Oh, just realized i have a new stem coming in a week :-D
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by skinnie

Any chance of adding the Uno "lightweight" ASA 105 stem to the review?
That would be awesome.
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Juanmoretime wrote:Ergot, is your Zipp stem the 2015? For 2015 the Zipp Service Course SL looks like a much stiffer design and the new bar clamp also looks to be a better design too.

Madcow, A big thumbs up again on a well written review.

Someone mentioned the Uno as the same thing as the New Ultimate. No bash on the Uno since I use one and started the thread but I'm pretty sure one is 7000 series and the other 2000 series aluminum.

I was wrong. They are both are 7000 series aluminum.


Sorry I missed your question. I sent him a pre-2015. That new one looks nice though!

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I love your reviews. Accurate unbiased figures from guys who love bikes, and no "advertising revenue" influencing your views.
Thanks for providing us with these tests, it gives a great point of reference for those of us looking for the right balance between weight and stiffness.
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by skinnie

Just a question, why the Syntace F119 and not the F109?
https://www.syntace.com/index.cfm?pid=3&pk=1693
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by acetonehk

skinnie wrote:Just a question, why the Syntace F119 and not the F109?
https://www.syntace.com/index.cfm?pid=3&pk=1693

The first round of test including Syntace F119 was done about one year before or even earlier.
I think at that moment F109 was not born.

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by acetonehk

madcow wrote:We've updated our stem test bringing the total of tested stems to 25. We've added a few WW stems as well as some more mainstream stems.

Added: Extralite Hyperstem, Mcfk Carbon, Bontrager XXX, Ritchey Superlogic 260 Carbon, FSA SL-K, and the Control Tech Ti.

The Mcfk now tops the stiffness to weight category and the Control Tech Ti did surprisingly well.

You can view the full test and all results here: https://fairwheelbikes.com/c/reviews-an ... em-review/

Hi Fairwheel engineers
Thank you for your working and the results are very interesting.
I just have a question: How many stems for each model did you run the test?
I don't think the data from single stem could presuade many engineers :mrgreen:

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by Wingnut

To me the Tune stem's appears to be one of the best all rounders for weight, stiffness and size/colour choice...curious about how Deda stems would rate though...

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