I'd even say that there is a certain over-the-top quality to the giant badges on those stems, but I still like them. The Cinelli 1a style wins in terms of simple beauty. It doesn't need a giant badge proclaiming "I COST A LOT OF MONEY!"

I also never realized what a value some Nitto products can be until I dug further into the world of road stems. There are a LOT of bars and stems that cost 2x what the nitto technomic, noodle others costs. Sure, there is some snob cost in there too, which I am knowingly paying for.