Raised reverse stem

[Calvin27]

Anyone seen this. Looks wild.

Raised Reversed Stems

I don't know enough about geo to comment but looks like a massive change from traditional geometry. I also echo the trend that front ends are getting very very long which is problematic for me (says the guy with short arms).

 

[cammas]

Just watched this last night interesting concept, maybe that’s why I find my Jones risers handling so well in trails where it just shouldn’t.

 

[moorey]

If the guy who designed it is winning all his races…move up from expert to elite, ya sandbagger.

 

[Wake Jake]

Would definitely like to try one. Stack heights definitely need to be made taller. Can only run so many spacers.

 

[jrewing]

Never ever! I’ll take up rollerblades before this is the Go for Mtb’ing.

 

[kten]

I think to ride it a bike with a decent sized reach would be needed. Is it just highlighting that stacks are too low in general?

My Madonna had a decent stack and combined with my riser bars was taller than everything I’d ever ridden and it went well. Took a little time to adjust to it but I can’t recall a single negative about the height.

 

[moorey]

Would definitely like to try one. Stack heights definitely need to be made taller. Can only run so many spacers.

Even if it improves my riding, I just don’t think I could look at it. I’m in the lower camp. Minimal spacers and 20mm rise bars is my personal sweet spot.

 

[hellmansam]

Aesthetically, I find it a bit offensive.

 

[Dales Cannon]

Aesthetics are weird but hey I also have a fat bike and a lefty so what do I know. Looks to me like it is compensating for a geometry which has too much reach for those who find it works. I went from 70+mm stems to 35mm stems when the reach increased. I can see the merit of having the bars directly over the steering axis but lifting it so high is again compensating for bars being too low with that particular geometry. With this set up the centre of mass of the bike and rider is pushed back which makes climbing all the more difficult. I get that it could feel better on a descent but for climbing unless you are running way too long a bike anyway it will be less useful having your weight further back. As Captain Slowly said, this is a solution for a problem that should never have existed.

 

[boyracer]

i used to have one of those 0 degree round Azonic stems and really liked it but did look kinda funny. Sold with bike (San Andreas mountain cycle...remember them?) years ago and haven't seen another since.

 

[Flow-Rider]

It was so difficult to ride BMX, wasn't it?

 

[Flow-Rider]

 

[ozzybmx]

San Andreas mountain cycle...remember them?

Yeah different but futuristically different with a bit of San Andreas Mountain Cycle retro thrown in.

BKXC (and Ibis) get and Ebike

No info on the suspension design though? It's pretty similar to the old dw-link Turner DHR. I'd pull the spacers out of the shock to give 65mm stroke and 170mm travel, and run a Fox 40 at 180mm using the Mojo negative chamber trick and use the Ibis for self shuttle DH riding. The designer...

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