The Best Stem I Ever Had Was...

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stb222

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For Metal Road Bikes or Mountain Bikes:
Thomson (website is currently under construction) Stems, hands down, end of story.

X4 for MTB
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X2 for Road: Note I think these stems have no place on carbon road bikes
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Beautiful machining, wide ride range of size, can order replacement or upgraded bolts, including stainless bolts, timeless design, Made in the USA.

For Carbon Road Bikes or the right mtb:
Ritchey stems, any of the WCS line, the aluminum versions. Beautiful, stiff, light.
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kevin when you gave me that ritchey stem i didnt know it was a torx bolt and used a 3mm and stripped the shit out of most of the bolts. its still on my cross bike doe
 
pearl said:
kevin when you gave me that ritchey stem i didnt know it was a torx bolt and used a 3mm and stripped the shit out of most of the bolts. its still on my cross bike doe
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Can't say I am a fan of the Torx, for some reason the one I just bought has hex.
 
Obviously today's standard in seat post is Thomson post but it didn't beat my 1995 syncros ti post.
 
I like your taste in stems.

I'm thinking I would like to replace my generic specialized stem with a Ritchey on the CX bike. I think the X.4 may be too chunky and the X.2 may be slightly too phallic for the tube size on the Wraith. I also would sleep better at night with 4 bolts.

Thomson posts on everything forever.
 
jShort said:
I've never once noticed one stem out performing another. If you put a bag over it, you couldn't tell the difference between a OEM bontrager and a Thomson.
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did i miss something or are you giving your baller status captain patch back to lou?
 
jShort said:
I've never once noticed one stem out performing another. If you put a bag over it, you couldn't tell the difference between a OEM bontrager and a Thomson.
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Honestly, I was thinking the same thing too, which is why I even clicked on this thread. I was wondering to myself - how can someone have a favorite stem?
Now, if we are talking purely for looks, that I can understand.
 
trip had a really cool stem setup on his mary at one point, -25 stem with +25 riser on it
 
pearl said:
did i miss something or are you giving your baller status captain patch back to lou?
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I try to be more of a practical baller....

For example, I wouldn't buy the blue ano hubs...cause when I try to sell them in a year, blacks will be easier to unload.


Back on topic though, if I was building a bike from scratch, Id get a thomson, or hope, but I wouldn't upgrade to one for no reason.
 
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