I purchased a Kalloy dirt drop stem to experiment using drop bars on my
Bianchi MTB. Works fine with dirt drop bars (these are Origin 8) w/ 25.4
stem clamp diameter. I will probably go Nitto both for stem and bars in the
future but have no worries as to the stem not holding up on serious off
I've used the Kalloy or similar (they've been sold under various names over
the years) with no problems. I had the SR "dirt drop" on my XO-1 for 22 years
and the current owner is still using it!
There is a nice stem, I don't recall if it's Kalloy or not, but it's a dirt
drop style, it's very
I've had what appears to be that very same stem (though silver) on the
MTB-turned-urban-assault-vehicle I built up in grad school (about 1997). I
used that bike tons for about a decade, though I rarely ride it now. The
Kalloy stem is obviously a cruder piece than the Nitto Dirtdrop, but it's
The only difference in my experience is in the bars the Kalloy will accept.
If you're going alba or boscoe style, you'll be fine. If you're going dirt
drop or other drop bar style bar, the Kalloy won't work (at least in my
many attempts). The Nitto is much more versatile in this respect, but if
I've been running a cheapo Kalloy single-bolt seat post on my Atlantis for
3 years. About 7,000km later, much of that off road, it hasn't slipped once
and is doing just fine.
Nitto products are beautiful and well made. Kalloy isn't quite so pretty,
but in my experience hold up well.
On
I like kalloy products. Not specifically tried that stem but never had an issue
with any of their products. If I'm not mistaken seatposts that come on Sam's
and Chevoits are kalloy. Surly specs their stuff to. Not bad endorsments from a
durability perspective. I'd use it in a heart beat and not
Don't let the price fool you or sway you, thinking either high price makes
for better quality than lesser price, these stems have been around a long
time and are just fine,
.
On Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 3:05:07 PM UTC-4, Patch T wrote:
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> Hi Bunch,
>
> I have a Nitto dirt drop stem on
ive used kalloy stems and seatposts on a number of budget bikes over the
years. never had a problem. i dont think i ever took those bikes on any
crazy trails or anything, so they werent pushed to any limits. aesthetics
are what you would expect. i actually think they are a pretty good deal
