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LIGHTEN YOUR BIKE PART 6-STEMS
OK SO ITS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I HAVE PUT ONE OF THESES ARTICLE UP SO SUE ME OK. WELL IM GLAD ALOT OF RIDERS LIKE THESES ARTICLES AS WE BEEN GETTING ALOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE LIGHTEN YOUR BIKE UP SO HERE IS PART 6-STEMS............ OK THERE ARE MANY GOOD STEMS OUT THERE BUT REALLY THREE STICK IN MY MIND AS BEING LIGHT AND GOOD STEMS FOR FLATLAND AND THEY ARE CAM-ACURA MACROSS STEM,CAM ACURA PENEZEK STEM AFTER THE LADY KILLER CANUCK NATHAN PENEZEK AND FINALLY THE BRICKHOUSE STEM. THE MACROSS STEM IS THE SHORTEST OF THE GROUP IF YOU LIKE THAT SHORT REACH AND LIKE YOUR BIKE ALL SETUP SHORT AND SWEET AND IT IS ALSO THE LIGHTEST OF THE STEMS.THE MACORSS IS CNC MACHINED ALUMINUM WHICH MAKES IT STRONG AS HELL FOR A ALUMINUM STEM AND HAS A 6 BOLT CLAMP DESIGN ON THE FRONT PLATE AND IT ALSO COMES WITH A REMOVEABLE ORYG PLATE SO IT IS EASY TO SET UP WITH THE ORYG SYSTEM. THE MACROSS IS NOT THE CHEAPEST OF STEMS AT AROUND $65.00 BUT IS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN SHORT,LIGHT AND GOOD STEMS AND WEIGHS IN AT A INCREDIBLE 11.8 OUNCES. THE PENEZEK STEM LIKE THE MACROSS HAS 6 BOLT CLAMP DESIGN AND IS A LITTLE LONGER FOR THOSE TALLER RIDERS AND IS ALSO HEVIER THAN THE MACROSS AND IT ALSO COMES WITH THE ORYG PLATE THAT IS REMOVEABLE FOR THAT CUSTOM ORYG FIT AND THE PENEZEK STEM WIEGHS 12.7 OUNCES AND THE PENEZEK COMES IN AT AROUND $58.00. THE BRICKHOUSE STEM IS KNEE FRIENDLY AS CHRIS WRIGHT HAS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH ROUNDED EDGES ALL AROUND THE STEMS CORNERS AND IT COMES WITH OPTIONAL BRAKE PLATE AND IS SECOND SHORTEST AND LIGHTEST TO ONLY THE MACROSS STEM. THE BRICKHOUSE STEM BY THE WAY HAS A 28MM REACH AND IS 12.7 OUNCES LIKE THE PENEZEK STEM AND THE COST AGAIN IS NOT CHEAP AT AROUND $65.00.
OK FOR THOSE WHO DONT WANT TO SPEND $58.00-$65.00 FOR A STEM THERE ARE OTHER STEMS THAT ARE GOOD AND THEY INCLUDE THE S&M REDNECK WHICH IS CNC MACHINED FROM A SOLID BLOCK OF ALUMINUM AND IS AT 14.9 OUNCES AND THE COST IS BETTER THAN THE THREE WAS MENTIONED ABOVE AT $45.00. YET ANOTHER STEM TO LOOK AT IS THE PRIMO CASKET WHICH IS AGAIN MADE OF CNC ALUMINUM BLOCK AND IS REVERSIBLE DESIGN WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO RUN THE STEM UPSIDE DOWN OR INVERTED FOR A LOWER BARS AND SETUP. THE PRIMO CASKET IS AT 14.6 OUNCES AND RUNS $37.00 AND COMES IN PRO MODEL AND XL LONG MODEL FOR THE LARGER RIDER. THE LAST STEM MENTIONED IS THE GOOD OLD STANDARD STEM WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER AND AGAIN IT IS MACHINED WITH CNC ALUMINUM AND COMES IN AT 14.4 OUNCES BUT IT IS A LITTLE LONGER THAN MOST STEM SO ITIS MOSTLY FOR THE LARGER RIDERS AND THE COST OF THE STANDARD STEM IS AROUND $45.00.
THE SOLID STEM YOU MIGHT THINK YEAH ITS A STREET RIDERS COMPANY BUT SEVERAL FLATLAND RIDERS RIDES FOR SOLID BIKES INCLUDING MUTT,WAYNE SIEGMUND AND LYNARD THOMPSON SO ITS NOT JUST A STREET AND RAMP COMPANY. THE SOLID STEM IS MADE OF CNC MACHINED FROM A SOLID BLOCK OF ALUMINUM (HOW MANY TIMES WILL I SAY THAT) AND WEIGHS IN AT 13.3 OUNCES BUT AGAIN THIS IS A PRICEY STEM AT $63.00 BUT WORTH LOOKING AT AND THE LENGTH IS NOT TOO BAD AS ITS IN THE MEDUIM RANGE FOR REACH. I WOULDNT MENTIONED THIS STEM BUT MUTT WANTED ME TO MENTION THIS STEM SINCE HE IS SPONSORED BY SOLID BIKES SO HOPE YA HAPPY PUNK ROCK MUTT
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