For my bikes and my riding, I prefer a steel stem, painted to match the frame. Aesthetics. If you need to get the bars up high, a Salsa or Nitto riser is nice. If the frame has plenty of stack, a 90* or -17* stem works for me.
Nitto riser: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvAwqExATif/ Salsa riser: https://www.instagram.com/p/BwFav2_l1tt/ -17* Frances stem: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxcp5iJBnFl/ 90* Nitto stem: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxBflM7l4u9/ Philip Santa Rosa, Ca On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 6:46:40 PM UTC-7, Jim S. wrote: > > I know fit is paramount, but let's assume fit is not an issue. > > I just replaced a technomic stem with a dirt drop stem. My first reaction > is that the dirt drop stem is kind of gangly looking. I want to like it. > But the technomic is more elegant. Do others agree? (Yes I admit this is a > first-world problem) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d59d8b50-2b0f-4dec-b080-e69a9650c7f0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
