Battle of the light, short stems?

jimothy78

I'm potentially in the market for a new stem, and there seem to be a couple of nice light options available:

Superstar's Zenith, at £27 and 126g for a 50mm
On-one's Ultralight CNC at £20 and 110g for a 60mm (also available in 50mm)

So on-one is lighter, cheaper and better looking (don't like the red "badge" on the superstar ones ) - but I've not heard anything about it, whilst I've seen lots of positive things written about the Zenith.

Any experiences of the On-one version? Any others to consider at roughly the same price point?

Chunkers1980

Unless they're all 0 deg don't you also need to factor in the rise and spacer situation?

The Rookie

I have a longer on-one on my commuter, rated well in magazine tests, went on, worked, felt stiff, nothing went wrong, did what it said on the tin.

jimothy78

Chunkers1980 wrote:

Unless they're all 0 deg don't you also need to factor in the rise and spacer situation?

There's only 1 deg difference between the two, which translates into 0.87mm at 50mm length, so not loosing any sleep over that.

The Rookie wrote:

I have a longer on-one on my commuter, rated well in magazine tests, went on, worked, felt stiff, nothing went wrong, did what it said on the tin.

Thanks, that's what I was hoping for

JodyP

jimothy78 wrote:

Any experiences of the On-one version? ?

Bought one a few months ago to replace the standard Giant stem on my Anthem. Someone recommended the On One stem and I thought it was worth a punt for £20 just to see if the 40mm stem suited me.

Its very light, well machined and seems pretty sturdy. Top CNC quality for little cost.

paulneenan76

I've got the On-One in 60mm on my c456 and it's good at full price - £20 is a no-brainer. Though I'm also very much a "stems and stem", type of person

benpinnick

At 50mm pretty much any stem works. Its hard to make a 50mm stem that isnt stiff and light(ish)

jimothy78

benpinnick wrote:

Its hard to make a 50mm stem that isnt stiff and light(ish)

The first 50mm stem I had was an Easton Vice - plenty stiff enough, I'm sure, but it looked like someone had drilled two holes in a housebrick and it actually weighed more than double what we're looking at today