el twe
10-13-06, 06:50 PM
I'm about to switch from a Nitto Dynamic to a Pearl, and am just curious how much more flexy one is than the other. The Dynamic seems pretty flexy, and I'd like something a little stiffer. Anywho...
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Nitto Pearl Stem - how flexy?
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Black Shuck
10-13-06, 06:53 PM
I haven't noticed any flex at all, then again I've only ben out 3 times since I installed it (pesky Finnish weather, 3 weeks of rain)I don't ride very hard, no racing etc. so I haven't stressed it much. Feels stiff so far. Relpaced a Kalloy that did flex a litle bit.
hyperRevue
10-13-06, 06:57 PM
I love mine.
No noticeable flex in the past year or riding it.
No noticeable flex in the past year or riding it.
el twe
10-13-06, 06:58 PM
Sweet. I need a shorter stem, so I figured why not upgrade? (And why not get it in gold?)
pigmode
10-13-06, 07:57 PM
Can't compare it to the Dynamic, but the 12cm and 11cm Pearls are much more flexy than a 13cm or 14cm Deda Newton (26mm, threadless). Seems like they also provide a small degree of comfort from road buzz and medium hits. I love the Pearl and have 1 mounted and 4 sitting on the parts shelf.
el twe
10-13-06, 08:27 PM
Any 90mm Pearls in gold, per chance?
eyefloater
10-13-06, 08:46 PM
I love mine.
No noticeable flex in the past year or riding it.
Did you notice anything odd about the length of it? I read somewhere that they measure up about a centimetre longer than advertised on the side of the stem (something about Nitto measuring in an odd, non c-c way).
No noticeable flex in the past year or riding it.
Did you notice anything odd about the length of it? I read somewhere that they measure up about a centimetre longer than advertised on the side of the stem (something about Nitto measuring in an odd, non c-c way).