Originally Posted by
ravenmore
I might be buying this stem soon. I really want to go to Vuka Sprint bars and would need a silver 31.8 stem.
the only problem for the ritchey stem is aesthetic - in my opinion - is that its marketed toward classic styling and builds (like my build), but the stem is very thick in diameter - a lot wider than all the tubes on my steel frame (28.6).
if you're putting it on a carbon/Ti/Alu frame which has thick tubes already then its great, but it does look bulky on an old school steel build:
i guess it must be really thin Alu which has to be a thick diameter tube for stiffness and weight savings.