The twenty six stem makes me a little nervous...
From the Telluride 12 hr race this past fall.
From the Telluride 12 hr race this past fall.
SOOOOOO many stem choices !!
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Id like to know the story behind that even if its as boring as it just snapped! WOW thats scary!The twenty six stem makes me a little nervous...
From the Telluride 12 hr race this past fall.
I understand anything can break and may have had an underlying issue from a previous crash but yIKES!
Looks like its slighty tweaked, could be optical as well or moved in a crown clamp.
Dude is a buddy of mine. He was about 15 laps into the race when he hit a 6' ish drop (for the 15th time) and the stem snapped on landing. Said it hurt. Fork did suffer some damage further down, but the pic just shows scratch/smudge.
He rides/races hard (fast Cat I) but does that mean this should happen? Stem was new this season. He hasn't had a 'catastrophic' crash. He rode a Zoke integrated stem for the previous 3 seasons without a problem.
26 (is it Darren?) did set him up with a new stem, but I doubt he'll run it after this.
He rides/races hard (fast Cat I) but does that mean this should happen? Stem was new this season. He hasn't had a 'catastrophic' crash. He rode a Zoke integrated stem for the previous 3 seasons without a problem.
26 (is it Darren?) did set him up with a new stem, but I doubt he'll run it after this.
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i think the gold looks a little better, the red is really deepGot my Answer stem and Answer pro taper bars in yesterday.
Just ordered mine! For the production version, Hope got rid of the dovetail and went with 4 bolts.
WOW! I like that!!!!!!!!!!!Just ordered mine! For the production version, Hope got rid of the dovetail and went with 4 bolts.
Thats so cool it just pimp slapped bling!
Love the protapers rode em mx for years and had them on all my bikes till the latest. Still have a bar sitting at the shop. Itll probably be going back on, never let me down and take tons of abuse.Got my Answer stem and Answer pro taper bars in yesterday.
I dig the gold as well as that stem is pretty sweet, congrats and good luck this year!
Agreed.
Anyone know of low rise direct mount stems for Marzocchi bolt pattern? How is the stock direct mount? Any experience?
I believe Canfield is the lowest. A bit expensive though...
http://www.canfieldbrothers.com/products/stem
This thread has the most responses so I'll ask here...
Anybody have experience on the Easton havoc non35mm stem? Price point has them for 50, but the only commentary I've found said they bent on a crash like the twenty6 above.
My other options are a RF atlas or twenty6 redesigned stem for about the same price. Any commentary on either of those? Everything seems to be 6061...
Anybody have experience on the Easton havoc non35mm stem? Price point has them for 50, but the only commentary I've found said they bent on a crash like the twenty6 above.
My other options are a RF atlas or twenty6 redesigned stem for about the same price. Any commentary on either of those? Everything seems to be 6061...