Ali Stems and Bars

[Fat Larry]

Anyone have experience with some of the cheaper Ali Stems and bars (carbon or alu).


I'd like to grab a cheap silver stem for a dirt jumper, obviously asking due to the consequences of something on the front end failing.

I have that classic cheap Wake stem that i've read can snap so won't be putting that on anything but stuff like the list below, say they're t6 6061 which should be fine if its true...

ZTTO

Redshift https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003743798651.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.1c243c00EBGmSM&mp=1,

Ryet https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003397390865.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.1c243c00EBGmSM&mp=1

Paloma https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003651987810.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.1c243c00EBGmSM&mp=1

I have ordered some of the Uno stuff from there but i trust that it's actually Uno which is built to ISO standards. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003430339505.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.1c243c00EBGmSM&mp=1

[jannmayer]

I had a ZTTO stem on my road bike for a while, no issues with it. It was cheap and reasonably light. I have no experience with their shorter mountain bike stems though.


I'd be a bit wary of the "Redshift" one since they are blatantly ripping off Redshift's name and logo. Redshift doesn't list any rigid stems on their website (redshiftsports.com). This doesn't mean that the stem is bad, of course, but it doesn't give me any confidence.

[Fat Larry]

Thanks. I didn't realise the Redshift was a full rip off, shame i like the colours.

I know the Ryet is a rip of shape of stem i'm fogettting rn.