WTF is people's obsession w/ 135mm 0* rise stems???
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Can only assume this is a rhetorical question?
Skim MBUK or MBA or whatever from BITD (well, early 90s) and all the racers were running long, flat stems. Because the racers had long flat stems most people ran long flat stems BITD. Because most bikes and people on here are focussed on that period therefore they have long flat stems. QED.
Not especially come across an obsession for 135 x 0, makes a good point for discussion anyhow.
Regardless if you want to run 150 x 15 or even 80 x 30 on your bike you go for it.
Skim MBUK or MBA or whatever from BITD (well, early 90s) and all the racers were running long, flat stems. Because the racers had long flat stems most people ran long flat stems BITD. Because most bikes and people on here are focussed on that period therefore they have long flat stems. QED.
Not especially come across an obsession for 135 x 0, makes a good point for discussion anyhow.
Regardless if you want to run 150 x 15 or even 80 x 30 on your bike you go for it.
Probably cos most riders back then were skinny whippets, or at least rode more often than once a week for a couple of hours. So a long low position was fine and worked well.
No podgy middle managers dropping 5k on a carbon race machine and fitting it with a 60mm stem with 40 degrees of rise. They were all on the golf course. Getting a decent long low stem these days usually means trawling through the roadie catalogue!
FWIW, my old race bike had a 135x5 stem on it, those 0 degree stems were FAR too low. ;o)
No podgy middle managers dropping 5k on a carbon race machine and fitting it with a 60mm stem with 40 degrees of rise. They were all on the golf course. Getting a decent long low stem these days usually means trawling through the roadie catalogue!
FWIW, my old race bike had a 135x5 stem on it, those 0 degree stems were FAR too low. ;o)
To be honest I've never really liked the look of high rise stems - but I just fit what seems to work. I used to run a 135mm / 0 stem BITD because, as John said, that's what the bike was designed around and seemed to work for me. I've recently shifted to a 110mm / 0 stem because it livens the front end up and still fits me comfortably.
As a few others have said - fit what works if you're going to ride it and bugger what anyone else thinks. They don't have to live with the back ache in the morning.
As a few others have said - fit what works if you're going to ride it and bugger what anyone else thinks. They don't have to live with the back ache in the morning.
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Jealous much? Just because you can't afford to drop £5k on a bike...mattr":2bp2j2t2 said:
FWIW, my Ascent came with what I think is a 150mm/0deg stem and narrow flat bars as were par for the course in 1993. In order that I actually enjoy riding the damn thing it now has a 110mm/10deg stem and a pair of 660mm risers (albeit retro Azonic ones, just because I had them lying about). Don't give a damn that it isn't period-correct OEM spec, do give a damn that it's made it fun to ride.
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I have a 160mm 0 degree stem on my cro-mega!
But then I was well 'ard, once upon a time... :facepalm:
But then I was well 'ard, once upon a time...
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Mine is about 140mm x 40 degree. So uncool its beyond cool
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futuristicoldman":3vuj4aqo said:
...about the same as I put on the Kilauea for my daughter, at her request, as she had a bit of an issue with her lower back a few years ago; not what I would choose for myself but she likes it
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