[Kanye West]

Because they're made in the back of a hardware store and they're siiiiiiiiick braaaa

 

[bullcrew]

Because they're made in the back of a hardware store and they're siiiiiiiiick braaaa

LOL

 

[giffels]

Stiffest direct mount on the market is the HOPE integrated stem/crown by far, i believe it is also close to the widest

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Hope-Tech-direct-mount-stem-crown-2010.html

 

[trib]

The Hope integrated top crowns are a special kind of purty, especially in that gold

 

[HardtailHack]

Just wondering, do the topload style stems feel like the have more flex? On the bench an Answer stem looks nice but if you put it on a slack HA bike all of your pedal mashing force is put on the bolt heads and clamping force will be doing sweet FA as the face plate is almost vertical.

I don't know if it would make a difference but you would think having your clamping faces near right angles to the ground would give the best clamping force for the multi direction loads stems are put through.

Hope that made some sort of sense.