What is my stem size?
06-04-10, 08:54 AM
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What is my stem size?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I am trying to figure out the stock stem size on my 50cm CAAD9. From the pic it almost look like it is a 95mm stem, but that seems odd. Maybe it is a 90mm? Again, sorry if I am missing something obvious here. Thanks for any help!
Edit: The stem is flipped down in case that makes a difference.
Edit: The stem is flipped down in case that makes a difference.
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I've always wondered this. What is the correct way to measure a stem - middle of each hole? End to end? Something else?
06-04-10, 09:14 AM
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If you want to know for sure, just email Cannondale support.
ps Have you checked the bottom of the stem? Maybe its written on there.
ps Have you checked the bottom of the stem? Maybe its written on there.
06-04-10, 09:17 AM
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take off the stem, there should be some sort of marking near where the face plate attaches.
alternatively, measure the shorter of the edges, from center to center
alternatively, measure the shorter of the edges, from center to center
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06-04-10, 10:07 AM
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90 mm or 9 cm
measure center of the top cap bolt to the center of the clamp (that space to the right - in photo - of Nm). typical road stems are in 10 mm increments.
measure center of the top cap bolt to the center of the clamp (that space to the right - in photo - of Nm). typical road stems are in 10 mm increments.
06-04-10, 12:47 PM
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Looks like a 90. And, all the recent Cannnondale stems I've looked at have their length & angle printed inside the bar clamp area.
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Do they even make a 95mm stem? By the looks of it, like everyone else has said, 90mm.
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The last guy who showed me his stem and asked me how long it was i punched in the face!
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Some stems are measured by reach rather than by extension. I can't tell the angle, but yours would probably be 90mm by reach.
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More stem goodness.
https://alex.phred.org/stemchart/Default.aspx
https://alex.phred.org/stemchart/Default.aspx
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For example, both of these stems mesure the same reach, although they are very different by extension.
