Engineers are getting smarter with advancing design, materials and manufacturing technologies. It's only a matter of time before someone comes out with an even lighter and with decent stiffness 100mm stem for 31.8mm bars than the 82 gram Extralite Roadstem OC.
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madcow wrote:10cm @ 100 grams. Just off the top of my head:...
Other than those.
Just kidding... okay, so maybe that face plate isn't responsible for amazing mass numbers. (unless those are steel bolts)
madcow wrote:djconnel wrote:What other stem with full-size bolts matches that mass number? Ritchey's always been honest on mass.
10cm @ 100 grams. Just off the top of my head:
Rotor S3X
Kcnc Team Issue
Kcnc Ti Pro
Kcnc Sc Wing
New Ultimate
Tune 4.0
I would prefer Ritchey over any of these.