"The Race Face Atlas Stem sends crash impact through its own body instead of the mounting bolts. An interlocking faceplate locks directly into the stem, so a hard landing loads the machined 6061 aluminum body rather than the hardware holding it together. What Our Gearhead® Experts Are Saying:""I clipped a rock ledge hard enough to fold a lot of stems and mine came off clean, no crack in the faceplate and no play in the bolts."""
Price: $104.99 from Backcountry
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"The Race Face Atlas Stem sends crash impact through its own body instead of the mounting bolts. An interlocking faceplate locks directly into the stem, so a hard landing loads the machined 6061 aluminum body rather than the hardware holding it together....
"The Race Face Atlas Stem sends crash impact through its own body instead of the mounting bolts. An interlocking faceplate locks directly into the stem, so a hard landing loads the machined 6061 aluminum body rather than the hardware holding it together....
Stems haven't quite kept up with the growing popularity of 35mm bars, but Race Face is working to change that, and the Atlas 35mm Stem is leading the way. It's intended for serious gravity riding, and made accordingly from bomber 6061-T6 aluminum, which...