Which Stem: Echo Or Zoo

[pogonation]

Hi. I am buying a stem and i need to know which one will do the best job with my zoo bars: would an echo team stem or a zoo mod stem be better???? :P

Edited April 20, 2005 by pogonation

[eMAyaRKay]

I would say a zoo stem to go with the zoo bars? Were they made to compliment each other? Have you looked at the specs of them both at all, are they that different?

EDIT:

Echo team

Description:

- Oversized 31.8mm clamp diameter to fit oversized handlebars and designed for use on 20” wheeled bikes.

- Forged/welded construction from high-grade aluminium.

- Four (M6) bolt front clamp for even and dependable clamping.

- Smoothed steerer clamp bolts help reduce painful knee injuries.

- Black anodised finish with stylish and individual laser etched graphics.

- 145mm reach with a 40° rise.

- 62mm steerer clamp stack height.

- 240g.

Zoo

Description:

- Oversized 31.8mm clamp diameter to fit oversized handlebars and designed for use on 20” wheeled bikes.

- Forged/welded construction from high-grade aluminium.

- Four (M6) bolt front clamp for even and dependable clamping.

- Smoothed steerer clamp bolts help reduce painful knee injuries.

- Black anodised finish with laser etched graphics.

- Specifically designed to compliment the Zoo 'riser' trials bars.

Taken from tarty bikes

Not as much on the zoo stem in terms of detail i.e angle etc but it does say its to compliment the bars, same price too!

Edited April 20, 2005 by waki

[AdamR28]

I would say the ZOO! stem.

Its a lower rise than the Echo stem, in order to match the bars... which in turn, have a higher rise than the Echo ones!

[Trials Star]

Get a zoo one, most people have echo i reckon. >_< something different!

Mat

:turned:

[Will Arnold]

i run an echo stem with zoo bars and i absolutely love the setup >_<

saying that i havent tried the zoo stem, so maybe its better?

if you ride more street then i'd say go for echo (because of the higher rise)

if you ride more natural i'd say go for the zoo ( because of the lower rise)

hope that helped, hehe

Will

[Mark W]

Haha, I made it 50% each (Y)

I'd say Echo Team.

I run Pazzaz risers, and with the ZOO! it felt like my hands were below my feet. I couldn't do anything at all - it totally limited me and felt gash. I changed back to my T-Master stem (same as the Echo, basically), and it felt 10x better. It's just a much nicer set-up.

Saying this, I don't really want to ride CLS-style (although wouldn't mind the hugeness, it's just his style of riding isn't similar to mine) so I guess if you wanna follow in his tyre-tracks it'd probably be a good thing, but for me it was gash...

There is a BIG difference between the stems; the ZOO! stem lowered my bar height by around 1.5" or so.

[Dai the Socket]

Well i'm going to be different. And suggest a V!Z stem!

And this is no force by Dan or anyone! (Y)

I've got a Viz stem on the front of my Python. a 5mm stacker under it, and Zoo bars.

It rides lovely, and everyone agrees.

They're lovely for sidehops, but nice enough to get some leaverage for power moves.

Have a look into them. Mine's never failed my yet.

Nick