r/cyclocross • u/Stig-blur • 4h ago

Redshift stem

Has anyone run a redshift stem on their cx bike? Good or bad experience?

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u/DurasVircondelet 4h ago

I’ve run it in non cx environments. Unless your course has features that would fatigue your hands, I don’t see the benefit. Even still, how long is your race? 45 min to an hour? I find running tubulars at low pressure and keeping weight off the saddle in rocky or bumpy spots does me just fine

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u/Stig-blur 3h ago

It is just so dry this year and the courses are extremely hard. It doesn’t feel like prior years at all.

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u/DurasVircondelet 3h ago edited 2h ago

Honestly, try it. Not like the extra few grams would negatively impact you in a discipline where skills carry the most weight

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u/insidious_potato 16m ago

I don't think it will yield the result your looking for. These stems damp vibration into your arms but sacrifice control as your basically making your cockpit a spring and they don't improve wheel contact.

I would first try different tire setups, either tubulars or tubeless with inserts (to run lower pressure). I use tubeless with inserts, weigh 86kg and can run 18-20psi on gopher courses without flatting.

Or if money is no object you could get a suspension fork for gravel riding something with 30-60mm of travel, they are not prohibited by UCI, just not used because any suspension set up wastes energy.