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« on: December 12, 2009, 04:28:18 PM »
hi i just got a meta 5.5 uk 2009 i do a bit of every thing on it xc to a bit dh i thinking of puttig a 50" Race Face Evolve DH Oversized Stem on please tell me what you think or is there any think i should look at thank all Grin
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2009, 06:27:14 PM »
50" !!!!!! I take it you meant a 50mm  Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

I swapped the original stem on my Meta55 09 for a 50mm, I couldn't get used to it so I ended up swapping it back out for the original stem, the original stem is what suited me best and no doubt you will be physically different to me... as I said it is all down to personal preference and what suits you... Wink Wink and you won;t know until you try different combinations of stems and bars...
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2009, 06:44:55 PM »
ye 50mm thanks mate
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2009, 07:16:14 PM »
personally I think a 70mm best suits the Meta sizing as the top tube is already quite short
Maybe because Im kind of between a M and L size a 50mm would feel too cramped on my medium bike
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2009, 07:55:52 PM »
I always ran a 50mm stem on both my Meta 5 and Meta 6. For what they bikes are capable of I felt they suited the bike better.
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2009, 08:23:15 PM »
I think 70 is a goo in between, cause 50 is really good for the downhill, low centre gravity, easier to stay low dig in, but 90mm is easier for climbing, get your weight over the front. So 70 is a good in between
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2009, 08:47:05 PM »
All about personal preference but 70mm here as well.  Ran a 50mm for several weeks but was quite cramped and was getting pitched forward a bit on descents. 

70mm just fits right for me.   Certainly didn't feel stretched out when I was in the alps in the summer.
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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2009, 09:10:22 AM »
70mm Thomson X4. Bullet proof

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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2009, 02:43:20 PM »
BIG HELP THANKS FOR ALL REPLYS Wink
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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2009, 04:18:47 PM »
HI BIG TEX UK so you think i can do a bit of downhill on my 5.5 uk and it hold it own ?
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« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2009, 05:31:06 PM »
Quote from: birchy on December 13, 2009, 04:18:47 PM
HI BIG TEX UK so you think i can do a bit of downhill on my 5.5 uk and it hold it own ?
Haha your asking the wrong person Ben has broken THREE Meta frames in the last year or so Wink
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« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2009, 05:32:26 PM »
To be fair, Tex could break anything.  Wink
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« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2009, 07:16:13 PM »
Take today, for example...
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« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2009, 07:26:33 PM »
lol whats he broke  Grin
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« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2009, 07:38:14 PM »
50 yards from setting off as well...
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