That is one fugly bike...

I've got a use for a stem like that if anyone knows of a cheap one.

Would be fine with a set of loops on it

Those things again :) like Amoeba DJ stems from the late 90s. It'll still steer ok, crack on.. That bike looks like a Bicycle Pubes sketch got used as a design concept though.

I wonder how it affects handling? Would open up a lot of bikes to dropbar conversion.

https://www.analogcycles.com/product/di ... emee-stem/

Right now I need a trek procalibre 9.9 and some 50cm carbon cowchippers yee ha!

I wonder how it affects handling?

Probably not much at all, drop bars have 60-90mm of forward reach in them anyway. You get all the negative of riding drops off road still

Reminds me of one of my early Mondrakers when they had the bonkers stems on them. Thing was amazing in a straight line down hill once you weighted the front wheel. Otherewise...it was a bit pants.

GregMay wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 2:41 pm Reminds me of one of my early Mondrakers when they had the bonkers stems on them. Thing was amazing in a straight line down hill once you weighted the front wheel. Otherewise...it was a bit pants.

Makes for very sweet handling. In fact I'd go as far as saying that you really need your hands to be as close to the steerer axis as possible for making the steering as light as possible. I've got a similar stem on the fat bike (long top tube, short head tube and dodgy back) and it climbs like a mountain goat as well as making it very manoeuverable for the nadgery stuff