classic quill stems

[konahed]

What are the top retro quill stems? Syncros, Answer A-TAC, Control Tech....any others?

 

[kaiser]

Ringle
Cooks
MAchine tech

 

[dbmtb]

For MTBs?

Surely a subjective one...

I think your list is more solid than Kaiser's.

 

[konahed]

For MTBs?

Surely a subjective one...

Feel free to add to the list.

 

[kaiser]

For MTBs?

Surely a subjective one...

I think your list is more solid than Kaiser's.

:?: :?

 

[mazdaman1980]

I always loved the i-beam, it was like having a little bit of Pace as a stem!!!!

 

[konahed]

Anyone know how much the ITM Tomahawk cost back in the day?

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Salsa, Ritchey, Nitto

Dare I say Hsin Lung ... ?

 

[scant]

ibis, arctos, ird, bontrager, litespeed, fat chance, yeti, klein, ritchey, mountain goat etc etc

 

[utahdog2003]

For MTBs?

Surely a subjective one...

I think your list is more solid than Kaiser's.

:?: :?

I think he just meant the boiler-plate, sure-fire replacement stems that where the standard of the day. I think he's right...Syncros, Control Tech and A-TAC were the three quality standards of the time (with Ritchey and Salsa thrown in to represent the steel fans). Sure some of the others listed here were available, but folks like Machine Tech were hardly successful, nor considered as true purpose built components. Ringle would get an honorable mention from me, if only because of the number that snapped like twigs.

The IRD Ricky Racer stem was bad-ass looking too, but the things were barely functional. Mine was functionally a total POS...


...that said, if anybody is selling one...