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boredom-
No. :-)
They flexed (as their name suggests) but it wasn't really suspension.
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They always appear in those "worst MTB products/what were they thinking /flop" lists. I think it's a bit unfair, it was a long time ago after all, and the idea of a little dampening upfront has not disappeared (Redshift stem, Spesh FutureShock, Trek IsoSpeed Decoupler etc).
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Did they work well?
"Did they work at all?" would be a better question. I think the race wins on the Softride were in spite of the stem rather than because of it.
WimVDD
Lolo
gbj_tester
It's a Girvin Flexstem. They were all the rage in the early 90s.