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Submitted by
Wes
a Weekend Warrior
from Towson, MD
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Reasonably light, looks good, works | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | stock Bontrager 25 degree rise stem | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4300 stock, with SPD pedals, Syntace stem, Cane Creek wheels | | Bottom Line: | The thing works. Actually I bought it because the stock Bontrager stem was a short 25 degree rise stem. Come on, 25 degrees of rise on a bike with conservative geometry had me riding way too upright. This stem has filles the bill. Looks nice too as a bonus. Seems pretty solid, but I don't jump, so it really isn't stressed too much. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Markus
a Cross Country Rider
from Germany
Date Reviewed: November 16, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Solid, well machined, no problems at all. FlipFlop design. | | Weaknesses: | Not too lightwheight (190 grams @ 120 mm). | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros Cattlehead, Tune Geiles Teil, Syntace F99. | | Bottom Line: | If you are not a wheight watcher, this is your stem. Particularly screws are solid (big diameter) so a torque tool is nor necessarily required IMHO.
(The Tune and Syntace's F99 seem to be much more sensitive with regard to overtorque.) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andreas KLAUSER
a Cross Country Rider
from Feldafing
Date Reviewed: October 8, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | radsport rabe | | Strengths: | Design, stiffness, strenght. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Easton, Syncros, Race Face, Kore, Ritchey | | Bike Setup: | Trek 9900 OCVL '98, Shimano XTR, Mavic Ceramic, Tune Hubs, Moots Post, Ritchey ZED | | Bottom Line: | The best stem available. Strong and stiff, endurable. The Ritchey is lighter, but flexy. The Easton is o.k. except the taped on decals. Beware of the others: the Syncros is a pain in the neck to install, the race face tends to speak with you, the Kore does not fit evenly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe Gill
a Weekend Warrior
from Whittier
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Turnbull Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$49.00 | | Purchased At: | TCB | | Strengths: | Cool open face design. can be used + or- 6 degrees. 3d cold forged for kick ass strength. comes in black or silver with opposite color faceplate. Break from the norm. | | Weaknesses: | they didn't get me a sticker with the purchase of the stem. | | Similar Products Used: | ritchey, ibis | | Bike Setup: | setup might be a stretch, more like beat up with a nice stem | | Bottom Line: | my bottom line is I hate riding the same stuff that every other donkey rides. If I can find a stem that is super tough, stiff, looks good,doesn't break me and I don't see 36 times every ride, I'll buy it. Alright, alright, alright. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Edwin
a Cross-Country Rider
from Amsterdam
Date Reviewed: September 8, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
hasn't changed | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
see previous review | | Weaknesses: |
see previous review | | Similar Products Used: |
see previous review | | Bike Setup: |
haven't sold it yet,the Trek is still mine | | Bottom Line: | I don't know what went wrong with my previous review on this page,but vijf vijgen means 5 star.So to help boost the average rating,here's another posted review. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Edwin
a Cross-Country Rider
from Amsterdam
Date Reviewed: September 7, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Roque los Muchachos | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
stiff,fit,reversible ,weight,looks good,price | | Weaknesses: |
just three sizes available | | Similar Products Used: |
Syncros,Specialized,Ringle | | Bike Setup: |
Trek OCLV carbon,SID-XC
63mm,USE-SX seatpost,
Crossmax,King,Geax | | Bottom Line: | It's lines are very smooth(matches my frame very well).No sharp edges.Very well made.The double logos on the side and the rise(6 degree on a 120mm)makes it very versatile.Just pop off the front plate,reverse the stem and you get a 1 inch rise or drop.Even on the trail (in case of long downhills or climbs)worth the 50 secs it takes.Just mind the torque specs.The manual even instructs to forward it to the next owner in case you sell the stem.
How about this german grundlichkeit,eeh?
The 120 mm weighs 180 grams and that's without compromising stiffness.
All of that at about half the price of Syncros or Ringle makes it a great stem.
So i give it Vijf vijgen. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Smithy
a Cross-Country Rider
from Cologne, Germany
Date Reviewed: July 19, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Aldeberch he im Berjischen | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Light and strong | | Weaknesses: |
Still thinking... | | Similar Products Used: |
Control Tech, Profile, Bontrager | | Bottom Line: | Great stem, it´s light and stiff to my mind. It´s the perfect harmony with the Syntace CC-Handlebar. The fitting of the stem is incredible, because of its special screws. Moreover it has a shape which will never slice your knees or hurt you anyway. But riding is more important than writing...CU on the trail. | | Overall Rating: |
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