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bowhunter236
04-28-09, 04:40 PM
hey im looking at getting a new stem. What should i get i want a really good one (price aint to big of a factor) and i want it some what light. What should i get? thanks for the help

tyler11
04-28-09, 05:46 PM
s&m redneck
or lil redneck
minichamp31
04-28-09, 08:46 PM
Anything really. A stem is a stem pretty much. Except Eastern ones.

fuzzbox
04-28-09, 08:48 PM
a stem is a stem. I'm sportin a wtp supreme right now and I like it.

edit:^^ haha great minds think a like
minichamp31
04-28-09, 08:51 PM
Haha word. I want to get a new stem among many other things.
FuzzyRyder
04-28-09, 09:02 PM
Elementary.
pipelineaudio
04-28-09, 09:35 PM
I got a 35 mm suelo stem and I LOVE it!

Shorter than the old threaded dk invert
dervish
04-28-09, 10:59 PM
+1 for the s&m redneck. i rode it for about a year with very little adjusting at all. right now ive got a macneil cell stem and its holdin up pretty well too
FuzzyRyder
04-28-09, 11:15 PM
I got a 35 mm suelo stem and I LOVE it!

Shorter than the old threaded dk invert

Thats for flatland.
pipelineaudio
04-28-09, 11:23 PM
Thats for flatland.

I wish I could flatland! I just hate pulling a Lurch reaching for the bars when the bike is low from the ramp deck. A little more room when the bars are backwards as well, and a closer feel to forward
g3ck0
04-29-09, 03:44 AM
Animal Jump Off?
FuzzyRyder
04-29-09, 12:06 PM
Jump off is solid.
FuzzyRyder
04-29-09, 12:07 PM
I wish I could flatland! I just hate pulling a Lurch reaching for the bars when the bike is low from the ramp deck. A little more room when the bars are backwards as well, and a closer feel to forward

Yesh i understand more now, you're more of a technical rider, park bike with a flatland front end kinda thing...
Street rider
04-29-09, 01:32 PM
i've had the stock stem from when i originally bought my complete like 4 years ago...
FuzzyRyder
04-29-09, 03:03 PM
A stem is a stem.
minichamp31
04-29-09, 06:55 PM
Thank you Fuzzy.
pipelineaudio
04-29-09, 09:37 PM
A stem is a stem.

As long as its the right length, the right height, isnt too weak for your riding style, can actually hold your bars in place, and doesnt just pinch together instead of tightening up on your forks
FuzzyRyder
04-29-09, 10:18 PM
I have never seen a stem break.
pipelineaudio
04-29-09, 10:24 PM
Ive only seen a few break where they hold the bars, and I've only broken one there (from running it inverted when it wasn't meant to be). I've seen plenty of threadless stems snapped from overpinching on the steer tube, especially on poorly spec'd or poorly QC'd steer tubes. Not the stems' fault

I've seen many stems that were just not capable of holding the bars in place
Street rider
04-30-09, 06:04 AM
mines nice and heavy. goooooood and solid. no problems at allllllllll
bowhunter236
04-30-09, 04:08 PM
hows the odyssey elementry v3?
FuzzyRyder
04-30-09, 04:52 PM
elementary is solid, been running mine for about a year or so now with no issues, v3 is just a bit lighter.
minichamp31
04-30-09, 05:13 PM
hows the odyssey elementry v3?

Get it.
wethepeople
04-30-09, 06:38 PM
I have never seen a stem break.

I bent my old DK stem. My Fit top load stem is nice, but i need to adjust it every so often.
FuzzyRyder
05-01-09, 01:35 AM
LOL dk trail stem?
minichamp31
05-01-09, 05:10 AM
The DK Trail stem consists of two bricks held together with a few bolts.