[Closed] How long is your stem?

I use a 50 for my XC riding - short stems always look RAD and cool at the trail head

100mm stem for xc. Tried an 80mm stem but it was all wrong...too short for climbing and put your weight in wrong place for decending with seat up ass. Should also say i come from a dh background and hadnt ridden anything longer than a 50mm stem before i got my whippet machine.

120mm/110mm depending on bike.

120 on my merida

60 on my gary fisher rig - genisis geo means long TT short stem

road bikes a 110 and the cross bikes a 90

40, 40, 50 and 55

80mm on the full susser, 90mm on the Hardtail and 110mm on the roadie

Went from 120mm to 70mm.

Have 90mm lined up.

(120mmm on my road bike)

100mm on the HT commuter, 50-60mm on the others...

90mm, used to run a 120mm stem, dropped about 9 years ago, wouldn't go shorter on this frame though, feels just right as it is.

105mm on my (old skool) Ti Inbred

70mm

90mm on mtb (short travel hardtail) 120mm on road bike

65mm on FS - 130mm travel
90mm on HT - 115mm travel
100mm on Roadie
100mm on SS commuter

Dh: 50
xc: 70
road: 80

(units are in mm)

80mm on trail-type HT
110mm on XC SS HT

I actually prefer the stretched out position but the shorter one suits its purpose.

90mm

65mm Straightline with zero degrees on me Orange 5 AM

50mm on the Heckler
70mm on the Handjob
90mm on the CX
120mm on the Road

trance:
was 60,
tried 50
found a bargain thomson 70 and it does feel better length wise.

marin quake dh - 50

I had an XC race bike and got into more AM type riding so thought it would make sense to swap out the 100mm stem for a 70mm and to be honest it did improve the feel for jumps and drop ins but having just changed my bike for a Orange P7 with a 90mm stem I realise just how wrong the other bike was. I guess what I'm saying is, it depends on the angles and travel of fork what is going to be right on your bike and don't try to turn an XC bike into an AM bike.

Orang Hutan, I think that's what I'm worried about. The head angle is 71 degrees, so it is only ever going to be a traditional xc hardtail. It's got a bloody long top tube though, so I thought it might make sense.

As it turns out I won't fnd out how it rides tonight anyway, as I just found two broken spokes as I went to take my bike out. I obviously need to keep my wheels on the ground more - and probably stick to a longer stem too.

60mm hussefelt on an 09 chameleon

70mm on the Heckler
90mm on my 69er 456SS
90mm on the Gary Fisher HT (12" frame though)
70mm on the Scott Octane

45mm on Freeride bike
90mm on TT bike
100mm on CX bike
120mm on Road bikes
120mm on XC bikes

But in the end, whatever feels right. The 'shorter the better' camp is all good if it doesn't make you too cramped, and a longer stem does open your chest out to breath better.

Use whatever length gives you the right reach for your intended use.

50mm on the Hemlock, 60mm on the Soul. Got a 70mm and an 80mm lying around for when the urge takes me but I much prefer to sacrifice a little climbing manners for the benefit the rest of the time.

I wonder how the length of stem relates to the 'trail' of your fork.

90, 90 and.. er.. 90.
That's on an Enigma Steel hardtail, Kona Kula SS and an 05 Trance with 120mm forks. They've all got pretty much the same top tube length, all about medium size, and I'm about 5ft10. I've found my comfy point and I'm sticking to it.
I did have an 18" inbred which ended up with a 70mm Thomson. Right size, but it used to wheelie up hills. Ripped down them though. Compared to the Enigma it was like riding a bike made of jelly.

How do find your Steel Enigma?

110mm to 150mm depending on which bike it is on

Just swapped out my 100 for an 80 on my fuel ex. (19.5") as I was getting aching shoulders and neck - feels better

How do find your Steel Enigma?

i find short stems 50-65 mm improve the handling no end on the especially on the descents good for singletrack too, never noticed much of a difference on the climbs so well worth it ime

45mm on the DH bike, 50mm on the XC,DH,AM,hardtail. 90mm on my commuter. There are times I would prefer a few extra mm :-), but I'm now used to the wide bar/short stem thing, plus the ht has a long top tube.

2x 50, 1x 70, 1x 90, 100 on the road bike, 120 on the fixie hack

1 x 80, 1 x 90

50mm , 70mm , 90mm , 100mm , 110mm

used to run 90mm on most bikes, but have recently gone shorter with a 65mm on my orange five and a 70mm on a turner sultan and these have been fine

but really struggling with the most recent change on my cotic soul, 90mm to 70mm, now my 27" bars feel too narrow, i can't climb any steep technical bits (weights too far back) and long steep descents are horrible, it feels like i'm kissing the front wheel... confused!

70 on anything that I have to climb out of the saddle on (bash my knees on the shifters with a 50)

50 on the Stinky

I'd put 50 on everything but with a standard 23" ish TT length the total cockpit is a little short for climbing

double post. sorry

100 on my chameleon
110 on my road bike
90 on my track bike

erm.. Think i was a bit drunk when replying about the Enigma last night!

It's made to the same spec as the Ego (AFAIK, although it's a few years old and the current one looks slightly different) and of the same stuff. It's really stiff on the climbs, about as good as my old Klein, but definitely has more vertical spring on the downs. It feels really planted when you point it downhill, but that's partly down to the Reba Team's I put on it. It's got nice short chainstays and so is nice and flickable on the singletrack.
It's about a million gazillion times better than the old Inbred. Scientific fact.

65mm on my FS, 80mm and 90mm on hardtails.

I'm not saying. I think there is already a fascinating enough list of figures here.

According to MBR anything over 60mm is LOOOOOONG. Which is a bit stupid really.