The 3T ARX Team stem is the perfect match for the 3T Rotundo Pro handlebar. And, like the Rotundo Pro, it's built to balance the competing factors in the equipment the pros really use: It needs to be light, it needs to be stiff, and it needs to be immensely durable. If Team CSC was a squad of... read more

The 3T ARX Pro stem is identical in almost every way to the ARX Team stem used day-in, day-out by Team CSC. In fact there are only 3 differences of note: (1) The ARX Pro uses a steel bolt package instead of the Team's titanium bolts. This results in a net weight difference of 30g, with the ARX... read more

Easton's EA70 is an ultralight oversized road stem, featuring fully replaceable chromoly bolts with stainless steel hardware. You don't have to fret about stripping your stem when you remove or adjust your handlebar: All of the EA70's faceplate hardware can be replaced. The EA70 is... read more

The 20-words-or-less summary is easy to do: The FSA OS-99 CSI stem is an FSA OS-99 stem wrapped in carbon fiber. But there are nuances to it that require elaboration: For starters, this is different than most other wrapped carbon fiber stems we've seen. It's much lighter than those stems. For the... read more

The OS-115 has been around for a couple of years, but we're falling in love with it all over again thanks to FSA's bold move to offer it in white. We're awed at how much pop a white stem lends a bike -- but we're sure it does more than what you get from white bar tape or a white saddle. It... read more

For all of the amazing benefit carbon fiber brings to bicycles and componentry -- we're thinking here of frames, forks, rims, handlebars, seatposts, bottle cages, cranksets, etc, etc -- one area where carbon hasn't been widely adopted has been stems. It's not that there aren't a boatload of... read more

The madness we've seen for carbon fiber handlebars in the last few seasons is hardly a passing fancy -- it's one of the most common requests we hear for high-end road bikes. They add lightness and stiffness and a healthy dose of style in comparison to aluminum bars, and perhaps most importantly... read more

The standard Zero100 stem is identical in nearly detail to the Zero100 Servizio Corse. It's made with the same ultra-light 2014 aluminum alloy construction, with the same 3D forging to maximize the wall thinness (and thereby shave weight). The only distinction, in fact, is that the Zero100... read more

The timeless classic. Found on a billion pro race bikes over the last decade. Light, beautiful, strong as an ox. The Deda Newton stem is made from CNC-machined 2024 T3 aluminum. The hardware is made from 6/4 Titanium and the alloy faceplate is machined to maximize the lightness of the stem. The... read more

Unlike what we've seen with frames, rims, and handlebars, the carbon fiber craze has yet to gain traction in the stem category. Why? We see two causes: (1) Carbon stems are oftentimes 2x-3x as expensive as alloy stems, but the weight savings is just a few grams. (2) The design of most carbon... read more