Steering Stems

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2000ex · #1 Post by **2000ex** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:48 pm

Someone on ebay is offering brandy new Arens stems for $50. I picked up two and they arrived perfectly. They are silver or probably "almost chrome" PC....did Cannondale EVER put these on from the factory? I know he has a bunch...perhaps they were for the 04's

joedirt · #2 Post by **joedirt** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:23 pm

that someone is John Arens

wistech · #3 Post by **wistech** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:38 pm

I believe those are factory moto stems. Arens built them for cannondale. The black ones came on factory quads and the silver ones were sold by arens directly. Either way good quality stuff.

desertbound · #4 Post by **desertbound** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:06 pm

Did Arens make the moto a arms like they did the other 03 a arms? I think I may buy one to have for a spare. Especially at that price.

2000ex · #5 Post by **2000ex** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:31 pm

I knew he made them for our machines, however never seen factory silver

joedirt · #6 Post by **joedirt** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:59 pm

QUOTE (desertbound @ Dec 19 2008, 04:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Did Arens make the moto a arms like they did the other 03 a arms? I think I may buy one to have for a spare. Especially at that price.

when i was a the factory after it shut down there were unfinished and finished moto a-arms so I believe the moto arms were made by cannondale.

m_mcgranahan · #7 Post by **m_mcgranahan** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:51 am

Hi,

ANy advantage to his stem vs the black dale ones? (weight? geometry? strength?)

Thanks

God bless...

Mark

Canniboomer · #8 Post by **Canniboomer** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:14 am

I think they are identical to the LATEST black stems, except the Black one is higher gloss than some "used" silver ones I have seen.
Two silver ones here appeared satin-gloss and had the entire silver paint worn away underneath the stem bushing, and showed faster paint wear compared to the black version -- but 2000ex mentioned these new ones are almost chrome-like out of the box, so maybe my used Silver stems were not from the same batch.

2000ex · #9 Post by **2000ex** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:57 am

They are identical to the latest stems. The only difference being that they are PC'd almost chrome. Either way he is selling them for $50 on ebay and I picked up a few. Does anyone know someone who straightens stems? I have a nice Walsh unit here that I turned into a boomerang during a bad wreck last season. It is def fixable, but not sure who to send it to to get it done right.