Originally Posted by cryogenic
as far as a stem goes, I'm not sure. The poseur in me wants a carbon stem to match the carbon bar. However, the miser in me doesn't want to spend $100 on a stem. Nashbar has one for $69, full carbon, oversized. Or I can go with one from Ital Tecno that's a carbon sleeve with aluminum ends for $59. The latter is not oversized and so thus my dilemma.
If you'll settle for a carbon sleeved aluminum stem, check out this sale of the
Alpha-Q Pro C Carbon at BikeSomeWhere.com. I have the ITM Millenium Carbon which I found on sale for around $75 a while ago but mine's a 26.0mm version. The lowest price I've seen on the 26.0mm ITM Millenium Carbon lately is $99 and the oversized version is around $110.