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I think the ENVE stem manages to match alu. Which is impressive. Still makes for terrible bang for buck obviously. But even ENVE dont claim to have bettered alu, or to have made something amazing. They simply say if you want a matching stem for Your ENVE bars/fork. Here it is. Its made out of carbon because thats what we work With. Yet its has a stiffness/weight comparable to the best alu stems. So buying one come Down to asthetics vs percieved cost. Which I Guess is personal.
Smallfurry
I do get why people like Enve stuff I just think the stems are proper ugly and aesthetically unbalanced. Even those chubby cannondale stems like Dammit used to have kinda work. It just seems like one of those parts that only gets put on for show.
But then I do think carbon stems are a bit silly any way. Basically more money for something that you an probably do better in alu. Plus I don't buy into vibration dampening on a stem. I reckon vibration dampening cables would have a greater effect.
#rantover