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.
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
Rubs glass into his face.
$350? I had a Flexstem back in the day; the important word being “back”…..
I need an Allsop Soft Ride for my Penny Farthin
I bet Bertie Contador’s sponsors are delighted that they’re using his image to sell this.
Ooh, I know! Maybe you could put suspension in the seatpost as well! Shh, i’m gonna patent the idea.
Oh goody, the 90s are back again.
FFS.
Oh that’s made my day
There is nothing better in the forum than people trying to get the front end of their bike to absorb impacts better as there wrists hurt since they removed the suspension
Crumbs, good luck with that one!
Um, sounds like a hard sell for mtb at that price and length. Assuming usual dollar to pound rates, you can buy a decent suspension fork for that. Admittedly, a whole fork will weigh more but it’ll also do more.
I’m gonna need some new 580mm bars to go with that 95mm stem….
I’d forgotten how much I liked having my brake levers rotate away from me on descents.
Oh wait.
$350 gets the stem and a set of Onza Porcs in white.
Can I have a GT Tequesta with a splatter paint job to go with that to? Or a neon/grey Marin please….
Hey, lets be honest with ourselves here. the real reason flex stem went out of fashion was because they weren’t available in ahead. Sign me up!
Hope I’ve been good enough this year to be on the nice list.