StaFast – Flexstems are back!

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Just in time for Christmas, we’ve got news in that the proto-suspension flex-stem so beloved (?) of riders back-in-the-day has made a reappearance in the shape of the StaFast stem.

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The website speaks of ‘allowing cyclists to achieve their peak performance levels‘, and the mountain bike ones (which seem to be the only ones available for pre-order) are available in 95 or 105mm lengths, allow riders to ‘get rid of extra pull without sacrificing comfort‘.

There’s a video here which shows you the mechanism of action, and it appears that the good folk at Niner have one to test on a BSB 9 RDO cross bike.

Made from aluminium,  forged carbon steel and zinc with aluminium forgings, the StaFast is available to preorder at a price of $350.

More info from http://sta-fast.com

 

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