On-One 2006 80mm Stem review

You can spend a lot of money on a fancy CNC machined stem, or you can buy a really well designed, really cheap one like this. The thin four bolt clamp and super light (126g) weight of this tiller might cause doubts considering the price.

Our rating

5

On-One 2006 80mm Stem

Guy Kesteven

Published: January 1, 2007 at 12:00 am

Our review

Superb cross-country stem at a stupidly low price. If it fits your bike, buy it.

You can spend a lot of money on a fancy CNC machined stem, or you can buy a really well designed, really cheap one like this. The thin four bolt clamp and super light (126g) weight of this tiller might cause doubts considering the price, but we've wrung its neck all through summer and autumn on our race bike and it's been absolutely fine.

It's not the stiffest piece around and there's no oversized option, but it hasn't creaked or snapped and it comes in three different rises (7, 16 and 35 degrees) and 80 or 100mm lengths. You could easily pay twice this much for an inferior stem.

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Guy Kesteven is one of the world's most experienced bike testers. Having started out working in bike shops, Guy moved into journalism in 1996 and has since written for some of the most respected bike publications out there, including BikeRadar, Cyclingnews and Bike Perfect, while also running his own YouTube channel GuyKesTV. Yorkshire-born Guy is a mountain biker through-and-through, and after more than 25 years as a bike tester, knows what separates the wheat from the chaff. Still, Guy is more than comfortable on drop handlebars, too, not least with the rise of gravel riding. Guy is 180cm tall.