Originally Posted by
bianchi10
To me, it is a huge deal. If your going to try and match up colors, they need to match near perfect. Otherwise it will clash more than compliment IMO. Same for carbon, I dislike seeing carbon 3k weave mixed with unidirectional carbon on bikes.
Look into deda silver or ritchey silver to see if it has a better match.
deda doesn't make a silver stem. I looked at ritchey and didn't see anything I liked, but can check again. Laziness may get the best of me and I'll just keep black, but if I see the silver in person ill most definitely compare finishes.