Suspension Stem by Redshift Test, on Wild Ardnamurchan Trail
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Testing a Suspension stem by Redshift Sports on a wild ride across the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the Scottish Highlands.
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Awful weather has stopped me riding / photographing more with this stem but so far it's very impressive.
Your videos seem like something I’d see on bbc travel or something like that. Very well presented with great camera work. Good job
Very kind of you to say, thank you ervince
was looking for shockstop reviews and stumbled upon your channel, this is great content and extremely well produced as well! Cheers
Thanks David - I hope you continue to enjoy the channel
What a lovely video, and such a beautiful part of the world. Thank you for sharing.
I'm lucky to live here and I could knock off this ride while my car was being serviced!
I’ve been using one of these for a couple of months now, it’s great, worth playing about with combinations of elastomers to get it just right, some might consider it expensive, but I think it’s good value 🤗
Been using this for over a year now on both my gravel Nukeproof Digger and Ti Camino. Personally I think that it is a good bit of kit for helping take the stink out of my arms and wrists. I also have the seatpost from Redshift and have been using it for a month now mainly on the commute. Another great bit of kit 👍
Mark Medhurst I have the seatpost too but want to try them separately. Good to hear you like them.
Mark Medhurst I have the seatpost too but want to try them separately. Good to hear you like them.
The seatpost is a bit of a faff to set up but once you get it done its great.
Tip for the stem Simon, once a year take the elastomers out and put them into a cup of boiling water, this will bring them back to shape and revitalise them. Also when your putting them back together give the inside of the stem a good clean and reassemble with some silicone spray, this will stop any squeaking from occurring 😉
You certainly picked a good day to ride and film the route😉 Looks a good piece of kit - interested to find out if you decide to buy it👍 Keep the content coming!
Pretty sure I will.
Just purchased one...look fwd to installing and testing....great narration and video
Thanks - I hope you get along with it as well as I have
Good review. I suffer from painful thumbs and wrists due to arthritis so I tend to ride a hard tail mtb on similar trails. The only partial solution I've arrived at is to double wrap the bars, Giro leather padded mitts, and to try not to grip the bars too tight. This Stem looks interesting though!
Michael - I have something similar in my thumbs. While a specialist says it’s the tendons, I’m fairly sure there’s a bit of arthritis in it.
There are a couple of rides I want to test this on - road and off road - which bash my thumbs a lot. It’s not they’re exceptionally rough, it’s just they’re quite long. I think this is where the stem will score.
Double wrap is good although this is single wrap with Specialized extra thick (and wider) bar tape too, plus some Fizic gel pads underneath. It all helps.
Incidentally, I ditched the flared bars because the angle needed to change gear was too hard on my thumbs.
Haha liked the beginning, throwbacks me to last spring while crossing small river :D
Nice video, love the geographic information. The weather was very appropriate. Almost "Lord of the Rings" feel.
Thanks Juan - as for the weather, that's pretty normal for anything other than summer in Scotand !
Wow,I really must try and dig out my old Girvan Flexstem! I had it on a Specialized Rockhopper,which,I seem to remember wasn't too bad, considering the complete lack of any kind of damping.Which sunsequently then reminds me of first old pogo stick...........:) The Canyon VCLS seat post(aka Ergon) gives a fair bit of comfort at the rear on my gravel setup. It's bit pricey,but the design is fairly bombproof. Mr Urga is Googling Redshift Sports.....
I’m going to try their seatpost next although I have some doubts about it. This really is similar to the flexstem. Whole MTBs have moved on and suspension forks take the hammer out of really rough grounds, this “old” tech seems well suited to the gravel bikes. Which in themselves are pretty much like the MTBs I was riding in the 1980s. It all feels a bit Back To The Future. www.mbr.co.uk/news/suspension-stem-356832
Yes the seatpost looks interesting,albeit familiar in it's execution to previous incarnations. I'd be a wee bitty concerned as to how to set your seatpost height, without the help of an assistant,with this post.Depending,of course ,on how much sag there is in the system,and how fussy you are about such things.
I await your review!
Cool gravel track 🚲
I've only had mine a week after fitting it to my gravel bike....I'm a big fan and.....my hands and arms feel unbattered for a change !!! I usually flit between MTB's and drop bar bikes for trails around my home area with some gnarly bits even for a full suss trail bike....however, after a few rides with this stem, I'll be testing it out on some rougher sections to see how it copes.....Even on road sections, you can definitely feel some "give" on rap tarmac.....
Very expensive but it does what it says on the tin/box.....
Glad it's working for you Steve
Love the video thanks so much for sharing.
Good to hear, thank you.
Redshift stem is a good bit of kit, fitted on my Kinesis Tripster and certainly takes some sting out of ruff stuff, noticed it does rattle a bit.
Hmm, I don't think it should rattle. You might want to ask Redshift about that Dave, they're very approachable.
Great view
Good video and nice route, but did you buy the stem? I’ve been looking at this stem and based on your review will now buy it. Great channel as well. 👍
I’ll try it on the road a few times first but, yeah - gonna keep it!
First the bike, then the mudguards - and now the suspension stem. It must say something about the wisdom of crowds... Like you, I'm looking at the Redshift as a way of reducing jarring on my wrists - I'll be interesting in hearing how you get on with it. Have you stuck with the standard fitted elastomers, or have you tried tweaking it with the others?
Mike P Hi Mike - there’s a weight chart and at 74kg I’m bang in the middle of the weight for the standard elastomers, so I stuck with them. Also I need a positive angle and they come set for that, but it’s easy to switch them for a dropped stem.
Great review, thanks. Now you need to try out the ShockStop Suspension Seat post to see if that is any good :-)) Really interested in what you think of it as there are not too many independent reviews of it out there yet.
Thanks Gary and Alison. I have one of those (Redshift sent it with the stem without being asked). I'm less than convinced about the idea of it - I fear it'll be too 'bouncy' - but I will try it once I've got to grips with the stem. I want to make just one change at a time so I could feel what was making the difference.
@@alwaysanotheradventure Thanks for the reply! I understand your hesitation - I think it is mine too as I am also quite a big lad and prefer not to bounce too much... However, from the promotional stuff I have seen, it doesn't seem to be bouncy at all and has just enough give (up to 35 mm) to smooth out the trails and protect the essentials. But, that is promotional material and not necessarily an independent review so the views of a potential "skeptic" will help my decision making process :-)
@@garyandalisonparsons4292 I'll try to send you a message once it's done!
@@alwaysanotheradventure Thanks, looking forward to that!
@@alwaysanotheradventure Hey there... any 'real world' feedback yet on the suspension seat post? Thanks!
Very informative. Recently found your channel and your voice is very familiar. Were you a TV reporter in the north east of England?
Thanks and yes, in a different life! Search Simon Willis Look North of RUclips for a laugh at how badly I aged!
always another adventure haha, thought so. I have a C2C (Sea to Sea) VHS video I bought a few years ago you made/presented, in association with Striding Edge/Sustrans. I must have watched it dozens of times but, as it’s on VHS tape, can’t watch it anymore! There isn’t a DVD version out there by any chance?
Paul Rose Crikey I remember that video. It was shot by Keith Partridge who has since filmed on the summit of Everest and did the mountain scenes in Touching The Void.
No DVD version, and I think I’ve lost my VHS copy. Probably just as well if I look like this... ruclips.net/video/03i17-kvFqM/видео.html
always another adventure haha, yep, that’s how I remember you on the video 😂 Strange hearing the local news from way back then. Still haven’t rode the c2c but maybe this year 👍
I was sure I recognised that voice! Face has changed but the voice is the same. Love your videos.
Fabulous trail, in the right weather! Simon, where are the little graphics coming from to Subscribe etc? Is it a RUclips feature or from your editor?
Sorry I missed this Mike. It's MTuber 2 from Motion VFX. Here's the link to M Tuber 1 www.motionvfx.com/store,mtuber,p2167.html?q=tuber
Hi there. Great channel. Love your style! I'm close to pulling the trigger on the stem. I'm planning a 100 miler south downs route in the summer. Do you think my gravel bike would cope OK on the single trails and bumpy off road routes? I plan to cut it in half and camp overnight.
Hi Mike, glad you like the videos. While I'd like to help with your question, I don't know enough about the south downs route, or for that matter, you! If it's gnarly, then I'd get wider tyres on 650b rims to give you great traction, grip and more comfort. (Certainly wider than the ones I used on this test!)
A suspension stem isn't going to make a huge difference to handling or ease you over really rough ground - for drop-offs and stuff like that you'd need suspension forks. A suspension stem might just take some of the ache away from your wrists at the end of the day. Personally, I'd find some similar terrain and spend a few hours bashing around it to check my bike was suited to what might lie ahead.
That said, if it all gets too rough you can always push!
A stern real-world test and not a silly unboxing in your living room, and beautifully shot. Have you still got the stem and if so, how is it fairing now?
HI - the stem lives on my gravel bike and it's working great. I was showing it off recently in the bike shop when the lights were being fitted for the recent 'front lights' video. They were impressed. Most people who spend a lot of time around bikes think it would somehow harm the bike handling. It doesn't, it just takes the harshest 'buzz' from the trail. In all honesty, no sponsorship or anything like that, I think it's fabulous for an off road bike.
Have you checked the follow-up videos to this one? They're listed in the video description.
@@alwaysanotheradventure I hadn't checked out the follow-up but have now. Thanks for the heads-up. Impressive piece of kit. Up to now I've taken the proletarian approach, with all suspension coming from wide tyres and low pressures but as I sit here writing this I feel more beat-up than tired after this morning's gravel ride. This stem could be the very thing for cyclists of - ahem - un certain age and might well make it to the Xmas list.
@@weeringjohnny Absolutely.
I'm sorely tempted to get this for my Kona Sutra. It would make the touring in Australia a tad more comfortable. The corrugations in the gravel roads are the issue for me. Do you think the stem would be enough for those?
The honest answer Michaelis is 'I don't know', because I've never ridden those roads or been to Australia (unlike my wife, pre me). Have a look the the other videos, like this one ruclips.net/video/z6l7eyBDLGA/видео.html or this, shot on the same route ruclips.net/video/cOfYyyv4_uE/видео.html The stem is excellent on this sort of rough stuff - the fire roads which set up a lot of vibration in the wrists, which frankly I can't take any more. If that looks similar to the roads you're asking about, then the answer is probably Yes.
Hi Nick - when you fitted your ShockStop did you use a torque wrench? (as recommended in the instructions). Don't have one that is sensitive enough for this job - and looking at the prices of them, I'm wondering if I really need one!
Hi Mike - yes but nothing fancy. I have a Leyzene tool that's fixed at 5nm. There now seems to be a more expensive, updated version www.upgradebikes.co.uk/Catalogue/Workshop-Tools/Lezyne/Torque-Drive Is it needed? Probably not - as long as your stem isn't going to come loose and you don't strip the thread. (Oh and it's Simon, not Nick) 😀🙏
What are these slanted wooden gates?? I’ve been using this stem for about 6 months, and it allows me to ride the cobbles of the South Downs way on a rigid trekking bike, which I previously was reluctant to do even on 55mm tires.
Hi Andrei - that’s interesting to hear and exactly the sort of terrain for which I think it’s intended.
The gates are in deer fences and the angle ensures they can’t accidentally be left open for the 🦌 to wander through into the woodland. They work better than that rusted, mangled metal gate affair I had to crawl through 😁
Because I ride a hard tail mountain bike, would this benefit or hinder my ride do you think? Great video as always.
Do you already have a suspension fork up front or not? If yes, I don't think this would assist you any further. If your hard tail is fully rigid then I would say it should take the edge off the bumps...
Gary and Alison just wrote what I was going to write! (Thanks for that contribution) I liked to a story on my blog which gives more info about this, because early versions of this sort of stem were forerunners of suspension forks. Plus, MTBs tend to go on rougher ground. This more about taking the buzz out of gnarly trails.
any word on the long term review of the stem?
Hi Rob - I wrapped it into the first test of the seatpost. ruclips.net/video/UP7nAUH0lMc/видео.html Summary - excellent! I also touch on it here: ruclips.net/video/z6l7eyBDLGA/видео.html
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‘Mine’ perhaps? 😁. Good to hear that.
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So did you buy it, or send it back?
Oh I kept it. There are two follow-up videos to this one linked in the description.
@@alwaysanotheradventure I should have deleted this, because I ended up watching them. Which led to more investigation, and me ultimately buying both the stem and the post! Anyway, great vid.