Originally Posted by
gycho77
Hum...
That's really weird, the ergostem was NOS and it was in really good condition.
My friend has 4 ergostem and he said it was fine
I think the ergostem had similar stiffness as S-Work alloy stem.
Maybe I feel this way, because I am currently using a steel stem.
Because when I switched to Nitto UI-2, it was uncomfortably stiff.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24162181@N02/14140105420
Hmmmm...
Well, maybe you are more sensitive to stiffness than I am.
The real value of the ergostem is when you are tinkering with your fit. Buying every length/angle combination of stem is expensive and swapping them out is time consuming. I primarily used mine for that reason and once I settled on a length and angle, I would buy the equivalent rigid stem.
So, having a custom adjustable stem made
probably won't be any stiffer than what you've already got. Plus, ideally, you'll want to swap it out for a rigid stem once you settle on a position.
It's a cool project. But, I don't think it's gonna solve any problem that the Ergostem isn't already solving.
One question:
Do you have the quill ergostem?
or the modern one?
