I'm planning to buy a 1.5" fork, so I need a stem as well. What 1.5" stems are available, and, if you know, how much are they?
1.5" stems
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FSA, WOOdman Components, and RaceFace all make 1.5 stems.
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.aspx?i=ST610A01
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.aspx?i=ST707A00
http://www.woodmancomponents.com/products/stems/rockster_hs.html
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.aspx?i=ST610A01
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.aspx?i=ST707A00
http://www.woodmancomponents.com/products/stems/rockster_hs.html
Stoneedge make fabulous 1"1/2 stem 
....haaaa "The French Touch" 
....haaaa "The French Touch"
A friend of mine got a Stone edge stem for testing a couple of weeks back. These things looks impressive. 7075, fairly light and pretty damn good looking. The 70mm weight more than a Thomson, but the 50mm matches Thomsons weight.
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That Stone Edge looks pretty cool, and thanks for the photos--I'm glad I have DSL, though. How much is it, in US dollars?
I wonder if Tompson has seen this. The steerer tube adjustment looks pretty similar.
BTW, the Race Face Diabolous looks nice as well. Haven't heard any negatives about it.
BTW, the Race Face Diabolous looks nice as well. Haven't heard any negatives about it.
Wow.. that stem looks sick. I love having the bolts up front like that, less pain on my knees.
Thomson have abandoned that style clamp on their latest stem (31.8).Jesus said:
Check out SIC stems too, they're not too shabby. www.sicusa.com
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That stem is sex, any source for them?
yea the stem looks good but way to many parts for my taste....D
I second that. I've been rocking a 50mm Classic OnePointFive stem for many months now and have been absolutely floored by it.dexterq20 said:
I'll try to get a close-up pic soon.
Incubus said:
The Stone Edge stem above uses an almost identical clamping system to the prototype e.thirteen stems that we have been testing since late summer last year and it has been working great. Thomson doesnt have to worry about the majority of its users smashing their knees on bolts, a big factor IMO. At least its big for me! I have one of the new Thomson stems and its nice.
Dave
I want one of the new Thomson stems (new clamping)..is it available yet?
I just saw in the latest DIRT that Royal Racing also has a stem with this same clamping system.
I just saw in the latest DIRT that Royal Racing also has a stem with this same clamping system.
Don't get me wrong. I personally love the design and would prefer their new stem use the same system.dw said:
It's likely that the persons who don't know what end of an allen key to hold
that tried to do an install and snapped a bolt did this to us.
If you read the reviews on MTBR, almost all of the negative reviews are because the users claim that the stem slips. Which is entirely an install problem - installed correctly, I've whacked my bars pretty hard and not had the thing move a millimeter.Incubus said:Don't get me wrong. I personally love the design and would prefer their new stem use the same system.
It's likely that the persons who don't know what end of an allen key to hold
The Thomson clamping mechanism is definitly more finicky than a standard setup when installing it, but if you just spend more than 15 seconds torquing down the bolts, there are no problems. The problem is most people don't read the setup instructions, and think torque wrenches are for wimps, so they tighten one side until it "feels tight", then torque down the other side, and call it a day.
is there a US distributor for Stone Edge?
DW...you got to start making integrated stems for 888 and Boxxers!!!
DW...you got to start making integrated stems for 888 and Boxxers!!!