John, would you mind measuring the height of your FW30 from the minimum insertion mark to the midpoint of the intersection between the stem shaft and the stem extension?
Many thanks. On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 10:38:11 PM UTC+2 Johnny Alien wrote: > I recently bought one of these and just received it. I love the Nitto > MT-54S and this is indeed similar but it surpasses it in a few ways. > > 1. It has a little extra height. Not a ton but enough to give a little > more flexibility. Not a huge deal for me as I don't really need more > height > but that will be a plus for many people. > 2. The faceplate on the Blue Lug version is a little cleaner and > sports the Nitto logo in a classy way. The MT-54S faceplate is nice and > maybe even a little fancier to look at but I prefer the one on this Blue > Lug stem. > 3. These stems come in smaller sizes. The MT-54S stops at 80mm or 90mm > (I forget). I like the option to go shorter. In fact the whole reason I > went this way is because my new Clem is a long reach for me. I needed to > bring the bars closer than the stock 80mm Nitto allowed. Most options like > the MT-54S, the SimWorks stems, those new ones Rivendell sells or the Velo > Orange options stop at 80mm. Because of the rise it would have brought > them > a bit closer than the stock stem but not by a whole lot. I was able to > get > a 70mm stem from Blue Lug. The Nitto Faceplatter is just too silly tall > for > me. > 4. A really nice plus is that the stem cap can be replaced with the > options offered by Analog and SimWorks if you want to add a dash of color. > I think between those two sources you can get gold, red, green, black and > silver. I picked up a gold one. The new Rivendell stem might be able to do > the same thing I am not sure. > > On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 11:48:32 AM UTC-5 jvoli...@gmail.com wrote: > >> These remind of an updated version (faceplate + additional vertical >> adjustment) of the old Ritchey Force (Nitto made) quill stems on 90s MTBs. >> I definitely want to try this out in the near future. >> >> On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 8:27:18 PM UTC-8 eric...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Funny that in their blog post Nitto shares two of Ron's bikes with the >>> Uncle Ron's Back Bars and yet this new stem wouldn't work with 'em! >>> >>> https://bluelug.com/blog/global/nitto-power-stem/ >>> >>> On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 11:25:40 PM UTC-5 Eric Marth wrote: >>> >>>> Happy to share, Jason! Best o'luck :) >>>> >>>> On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 9:17:25 PM UTC-5 Jason Fuller wrote: >>>> >>>>> Woo! I might just buy the FW30 for the Bombadil. I do like the >>>>> smooth fillets of the Riv version of this stem, but I'm somewhat between >>>>> sizes on the Riv stems and this has exactly what I want (the 100mm, which >>>>> will be around 90mm actual I believe). Thanks for sharing Eric! >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, 26 February 2022 at 17:42:47 UTC-8 Johnny Alien wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Nice! It seems exactly like the MT-54S but maybe with a touch more >>>>>> height. The MT-54S is my favorite Nitto stem. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 8:15:52 PM UTC-5 eric...@gmail.com >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Seems to me this group would go just plain bananas for this new stem! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 25.4 clamp with a 4-bolt plate >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nitto Power Stem >>>>>>> <https://global.bluelug.com/nitto-fw30-power-stem-dull.html>. Two >>>>>>> models with different rises, FW30 and FW33. Silver and black. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [image: IMG_3951.jpg][image: IMG_8699.jpg] >>>>>>> [image: 9509351F-ECA4-46BC-B163-EF1580DF7A48-900x600.jpg][image: >>>>>>> IMG_8709.jpg] >>>>>>> [image: Screen Shot 2022-02-26 at 8.15.08 PM.png] >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/37e8cb9a-26ff-44ba-b00f-060672e54e7dn%40googlegroups.com.
