Ritchey WCS 4 Axis Black Wet Look Stem

mikeyj28

Hi Guys

Hoiw do you all rate the Ritchey WCS 4 Axis stem Black Wet Look?
I do a lot of XC riding and want something light to replace my Easton EA50 stem.

the one i am thinking of getting is a 90mm 6degree rise.

Is it worth getting or a waste of £45 in comparison to the gains?

thanks

bails87

I don't know what the weight difference is, but functionally they work fine. There are better places to spend money though. Tyres for example, could save more weight for the same money.

mikeyj28

i am happy with ym tyres as they are pretty light and do a great job. Don't want them easily shredded & punture easily. My Panaracer Razer XCs are light and roll well.

The stem for a 90mm is approx 120g as it is 132g for a 110mm. It would be a good weight save over my current stem and it would go well with my monkeylite XC carbon bars.

bails87

I was just suggesting that you'd be unlikely to notice any real difference, but by all means change it if you want to.

njee20

Agree that it's not really worth doing purely to save weigh, I'll wager there are other places, and it's not exactly ultralight anyway.

Great reliable stem though, you won't go wrong.

Stoo61

Yeah you arent going to notice a weight difference, I got one after being shocked at the price of the Carbon WCS stem, the weight difference between the two is very small but the saving is ridiculous. Looks good too in my opinion.

ftwizard

I have that exact combination of Bars and Stem. Some pictures here