70mm stem for felt f85

leem1073
leem1073 Posts: 17
edited July 2014 in Road buying advice
Looking for a 70mm stem for my felt f85 2013 it has a control taper 1.125-1.5 . Not looking to spend a fortune (£30-£40) or cheaper any ideas what I should be looking at.
Thanks

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  • leem1073 wrote:
    any ideas what I should be looking at.
    Thanks

    A frame that fits better
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  • Miles253
    Miles253 Posts: 535
    leem1073 wrote:
    any ideas what I should be looking at.
    Thanks

    A frame that fits better

    Could be small framed? Or female?
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,047
    Lots of stems on sale at Planet-X, seen plenty of cheap 80mm ones, not a single 70mm (and I'm now bored of looking ;) )...
    http://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/components ... =price-asc
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    leem1073 wrote:
    any ideas what I should be looking at.
    Thanks

    A frame that fits better

    That might require a bespoke frame. Or some limb lengthening. Possibly a shorter stem is a cheaper, simpler solution with no negative aspects aside from there not being space for a computer on the stem. :wink:
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  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    Nothing wrong with running a 70mm stem...

    Some people suggested that the steering would become too sensitive; yes it did make it slightly more sensitive but I got used to it within 10 mins of riding. For me it seems a combo of "long legs/short torso" on an aggressive frame means I need to resort to a shorter stem.

    If you want cheap.... you'll find lots of oversized stems for MTBs - they don't all all look like they are designed for dirt jumping.
    Simon
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,047
    I have an 80mm On One Forged on my Felt I think, looking at it yesterday the angle is something silly near 45 degrees, which replaced a ~130mm Oval R710 adjustable!

    Why? Did my back in big time styley in 2008, the "silly" stem made things borderline as to whether I could ride the bike or not without pain. But then I got the Tricross bargain and the Felt gathered dust for ~5 years until two weeks ago, but even though I do still have the odd day of back agro, at the mo I do wonder about refitting the original ~100mm stem or the multi-angle ~100mm Specialized stem...

    Might even be tempted by one of the PX bargains!
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