Check out this Stem!!
 

longest stem I've ever seen on a bike.....





http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=312532






just sayin

Great, so now I have "stem envy."

That's what she said...
I had a Deda that was a 140mm but measured a little longer.

That is a 150 and has become a little more popular in the peleton...

Looks like he bought the wrong size frame. What a loser!!!

Must have been a really good price.

hope it meets his needs.

Seems to be a current trend amongst pros. Riding much smaller framesets and using monster stems.

I ride a 53 and should be on a 55/56.

well if the pros do it, so should we.

So far I only use the tiny bike at the velodrome.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=312546

I just switched to a 54.5 top tube from a 55.5, much happier.

I went from a 55.5 to a 53.5. Only got 100 miles on it before I retired but the bike was built to ride long distances YET only race a few hundred meters if you know what I mean :)

Andrey Kashechkin runs a custom 165mm stem... it needs some paint though.

http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/201...n_stem_670.jpg

More availability of 150mm stems is a good thing for tandems. A regular stem for the stoker is a big weight savings over an adjustable tandem stem. The option of 150mm would allow more stokers to dc the adjustable stem.

Doesn't look comfortable.

My husband's mtb, built by my brother with an alu JensonUSA frame, has a stem that's long like that. It works though because my husband is built like a gorilla - huge torso and arms, short legs. He's got such a weird upper/lower ratio.

I have seen late model 150mm Ritchey stems around...maybe through their custom department.
In my stem stach...I have an old school Bonty 150mm Racing stem that I have ridden on my 29er...designed for old school mtb XC. On a shorter stem now tho. Have ridden 140mm on my road bike. I don't see stem length as a big deal. Pro's ride smaller bikes with long stems for the shorter head tube to get more aero.

we've seen worse
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/...ps82dd7036.jpg
(No offense to Scapin...:love:)

:twitchy:

You know, I just don't understand why. The pro's ride small frames, long stems and seat posts that look like flag poles. Mine would be too big by their standards but I love it. Why the trend?

Because it looks good on instagram.

Thats not a stem its a neck..

Nothing looks good on instagram.

Smaller frame, less material, lighter bike? Although with those long stems I would think it would be a wash.

Also stiffer.

I didn't go to a longer stem, at least not yet.

Correct.....I guess.