Looking for a road stem with some "style"
06-08-08 | 02:17 PM
#27
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3TTT. This one's the Evolution, usually for sale on Ebay for ~$40:
06-08-08 | 02:42 PM
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Bikes: Ever changing..as of 2-24-09: 2003 Giant TCR Team Once, Sampson titanium, 1992 Paramount Series 3, 2003 Cervelo P3, 70s Raleigh Record fixed gear, 70s Fuji SL-12 commuter, mid 90s Klein MTB. Plus two or three frames lurking, plus 5 wife/kids rides
06-08-08 | 06:03 PM
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Cinelli X/A stems are rubbish. They are notorious for slipping and you will generally only find them in the 26.4mm diameter. And 3t Mutants are totally fugly. As KendallF said the 3t Evolutions are nice, with the hinged front. Avoid 3t Morphus though, they are dangerous and useless. ITM eclypse are a nice looking stem, as are Cinelli Pinnochio.
06-08-08 | 07:47 PM
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06-09-08 | 04:14 PM
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For style, you need to go Italian. 3T, ITM and Cinelli make (made?) really nice quill stems. I had a great ITM on my last threaded fork frame:
For threadless, I like the Cinelli groove, which I use now.
though the ITM 101 is really nice too.
For threadless, I like the Cinelli groove, which I use now.
though the ITM 101 is really nice too.
06-09-08 | 04:15 PM
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06-09-08 | 08:40 PM
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I kind of like the Mutant...
I'll just have to live in shame.
Those Cinelli Grooves are nice.
Nitto quills are understated and very nicely done.
I'll just have to live in shame.
Those Cinelli Grooves are nice.
Nitto quills are understated and very nicely done.
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06-09-08 | 09:18 PM
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"I kind of like the Mutant..."
Although it's not my ideal, I couldn't find anything else that was highly polished and somewhat retro. I am not partial to all this fat blackness on bikes these days. Give me skinny, shiny, color.
Although it's not my ideal, I couldn't find anything else that was highly polished and somewhat retro. I am not partial to all this fat blackness on bikes these days. Give me skinny, shiny, color.
06-09-08 | 09:27 PM
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