Come on, the Liberté one is nothing compared to a S&M or a Pegasus stem, which have a machining finish, not molded.The Liberté one is purely a stem coming from the Taiwan Bicycle Source book, or the chinese one (if it exists),there is the same stem model on some FEC complete for exampleI do not say that's a bad product, but that way different than the two others!
Metalbmxer, I assume you like the ~40mm reach on your stem? I have been using the same short stem (26.5mm I think, or maybe 28mm, not sure) for so many years I don't even know whether I'd like longer reach. But I'd like to try and see what works best, unfortunately all this testing/trying out parts requires $$$
I have settled on 40 as the perfect length. When I switched from my Sequence 0 offset bar stem combo, I first got the 36mm reach S&M Enduro 1. This was about 5 years ago. I've since tried 38, 39, 40 and 45 and found 40 to be perfect. I think if you were to try a 36mm stem it'd be a welcome yet not too drastic change.
Quote from: metalbmxer on June 25, 2019, 03:47:41 AMI have settled on 40 as the perfect length. When I switched from my Sequence 0 offset bar stem combo, I first got the 36mm reach S&M Enduro 1. This was about 5 years ago. I've since tried 38, 39, 40 and 45 and found 40 to be perfect. I think if you were to try a 36mm stem it'd be a welcome yet not too drastic change.You are using this 40mm stem with zero, minimal or full offset forks?I may get the S&M Enduro V2 stem when I buy new handlebars. It's just going to be awhile, need to fix wife's car first. The 40mm reach might be a bit drastic of a change but my thinking is this: I want to make sure to get a very good stem so I can tighten it down good and forget about it. I hate my current stem, the bars can slip forward/backward ever so slightly whenever I crash too hard. No matter how tight I tighten bolts, it still can move a tiny bit. Not enough where it's visible but enough where I can feel a difference when riding. This frustrates me, I'm hoping the S&M will be solid like a tank.Unless you know of a very good stem currently available that is around 35mm + or - ? I see that there is one from autumn and one from colony in this size on flatlandfuel but I don't know if these are good ones? There is also the Liberte Juares Stem but it's at such a low price that I worry it might be low quality.
Awesome, thank you for your input. I'll give it some thought.