Comments on: Crank Brothers Cobalt 3 Stem http://urbanvelo.org/crank-brothers-cobalt-3-stem/ Bicycle culture on the skids. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: drinkslinger http://urbanvelo.org/crank-brothers-cobalt-3-stem/comment-page-1/#comment-114318 drinkslinger Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:55:15 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=32152#comment-114318 Definitely a well designed piece of gear that fits the Crank Bros. aesthetic perfectly.
Cool design and I particularly like the wider clamp area than other MTB/road stems.
The only nits I have to pick are the torx hardware and the lack of a removable faceplate. I had some bad experiences with Zipp’s torx hardware in their Service Course SL stems and swapped for traditional hex bolts as soon as I could.
As for the faceplate dilemma, these are designed for flat/riser bars. Damn. Just gonna have to wait for a removable faceplate version….

I’m building my new CX bike for the upcoming season and REALLY wanted to have a Crank Bros. cockpit. Oh well, there’s always next season….

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