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Pace CNC Stem

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Pace CNC Stem
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Average Rating: 3 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 6
RRP: £80
Year: 2001

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Description: CNC'd one-piece stem from the Yorkshire boys, available in various lengths, grey or red anodised and laser etched.

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Andy Dutton

Posted: 27/07/01

'Unnecessary, beautiful piece of engineering.'

Strengths:
Light as you want.
Fantastic to look at, clamping is very clean and simple.
Manfacturing tolerances are very good - just eased down the steerer tube.

Weaknesses:
Not front loading. Clamping of handlebars looks a bit skimpy in this day and age.
The circular edges from where the handlebars meet the stem are not radiused and could be a stress raiser?

Overall:
Damn fine but not for brutalizers. Expensive but lightweight.

Performance		80%
Reliability		80%
Value		60%

Overall Rating

73%

Greig Saxon

Posted: 21/01/02

'STOPS YOUR BARS FALLING OFF'

Strengths:
Looks great.Lightweight.

Weaknesses:
Pants design really.No front loading means no risers.If you use flat bars like me then your fine.HOW MUCH!!!

Overall:
Over engineered.This is the starship Enterprise of stems

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		60%

Overall Rating

87%

Chris Dale

Posted: 07/02/02

'FANTASTIC LOOKING PIECE OF QUALITY ENGINEERING'

Strengths:
It looks great, its light, its strong.
It's Pace.

Weaknesses:
none as yet.

Overall:
I don't know why people complain about the absence of front loading, because this doesn't affect anything -I use riser bars in mine and they fit in and out fine. Its worth the money 'cos it's a classy, well designed piece of kit.

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

Lee Barnfield

Posted: 08/02/02

'QUALITY FROM A BRITISH MANUFACTURER'

Strengths:
Classy looks, lightweight, strong, Pace, British, nuff said

Weaknesses:
None, some may say too expensive

Overall:
I have X-lite risers in mine so non-front loading isn't a problem, worth the money adds a bit of class to the front end

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		80%

Overall Rating

93%

Jack Michaels

Posted: 08/02/02

'MINE BROKE!'

Strengths:
Well, they help a British company make money, oh, and they keep the big boys who like there toys happy. The ride felt okay though.

Weaknesses:
The bar clamp breaks, maybe it's just me but I think they're way too expensive, tend to be used by people who think they're pro riders, but aren't.

Overall:
I would go for a control tech or azonic, better VFM which is rare in MTBing these days. They both front load and are strong without being heavy.