Latest and greatest in stems?
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leverage and bar width are complete red herrings. If it mattered you wouldn't see track sprinters on 36cm bars. Sure, that helps with aerodynamics, but if they lost power/leverage they probably wouldn't do it. If you're riding hard enough to need to really enlist your upper body on a climb or in another situation you're likely to pop soon anyways IMO.
I was really talking about in the sprint and what my subjective experience was when going up in size in bars. I am likely to pop on the climb anyways.
There are other reasons wide bars aren't good on the track and flex certainly is more of an issue in a track sprinter which is a completely different breed of cyclist compared to just about every other one. I certainly am not going to flex a bar like Bauge.
There are other reasons wide bars aren't good on the track and flex certainly is more of an issue in a track sprinter which is a completely different breed of cyclist compared to just about every other one. I certainly am not going to flex a bar like Bauge.
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LouisN wrote:+1 on the Pro Vibe 7S stem.
I use it with a Ritchey WCS Curve alloy bar (compact, Ritchey makes a WCS traditional bend alloy bar also). Very solid.
Louis
+2 on the Pro Vibe 7S
Speaking of 'the latest', I hereby present the new 3T arx:
although I am not quite sure if this is mentioned before in this thread as I am new here..
although I am not quite sure if this is mentioned before in this thread as I am new here..
But a Torx head bolt? I am sure well can all deal with that with our light compact multitools (sarcasm intended).
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UGH!!! When is that new 3T stem coming out. I will need to stock up on the existing ones.
Thankfully, I believe they are continuing production of the old line as well.
Thankfully, I believe they are continuing production of the old line as well.
My stems (both 26 mm, both Al):
Performance Forte with Ti bolts from Toronto Cycles: very light, rock solid
ExtraLite: bolt adjustment difficult, but extremely light and looks good
I'm running the former right now because it's 7 deg instead of 8 deg and that gives me a bit more comfort.
Performance Forte with Ti bolts from Toronto Cycles: very light, rock solid
ExtraLite: bolt adjustment difficult, but extremely light and looks good
I'm running the former right now because it's 7 deg instead of 8 deg and that gives me a bit more comfort.
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No stem will ever make a difference to any aspect of performance (so long as it fits).
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So my 3T ARX LTD is already outdated after 2 weeks... Grrrrr
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i bought a cavendish stem pro vibe to try and that thing is literally unreal when it comes to the stiffness department. weighs a metric ton and looks terrible though if your bike doesn't have big aero tubes. also looks bad if it's not slammed on bearing cover. I like the way it's stiff, but can't get into it. so back to the ea90 which paired to easton TKO bars has done me well for this year =)
and talking about stiffness in general, i tried tko bars on my cross bike....it was the worst ever. hands were numb by the end of 45 minutes. swapped to equipe pro bars.... back in heaven.
and talking about stiffness in general, i tried tko bars on my cross bike....it was the worst ever. hands were numb by the end of 45 minutes. swapped to equipe pro bars.... back in heaven.
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Chunky, bulky, fat, heavy stems!
What about the beauty of CNC: Extralite, Rotor...?
What about the beauty of CNC: Extralite, Rotor...?