Originally Posted by
Chuckk
Girvin look sharp, but not all that much movement. Maybe my elastomer is shot.
Softride are a spring loaded trapezoid, which work, but have four axies with eight bearings to wear.
(seems like Softride should have made a CF beam stem, I wonder why not?)
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Not sure that a carbon fiber version would offer much over the aluminum Softride stem, which is what I used. (Photo is from a current eBay listing.)
Apparently the aluminum version is more highly prized, since most of the steel Softride stems on eBay are listed at around $50 or so whereas the aluminum ones seem to tend to be listed at closer to $200.
