Yup, filled out the survey before I posted. My preferences are a little different as I'll be working with early '90's geometry; longer stem (110 or 120mm) and a small rise (5°). Steerer tube diameter will be 1" threadless.
If all goes well with testing and feedback, will the stems be built on custom measurement requests?
Great question, and thanks for the detailed context and survey participation.
One thing that’s important to understand up front is that
any meaningful change in geometry or interface still needs to go through the same validation and certification process. Length, rise, steerer interface, clamp geometry, and materials all matter, and once you step outside a tested configuration, it’s effectively a new design from a safety standpoint. So certifying one stem doesn’t automatically open the door to other sizes or variants.
There are two slightly different communities here. The restoration crowd tends to want period-correct lengths and geometry, while the resto-mod crowd is optimizing fit and handling with more modern setups. Based on the survey feedback so far, the initial development has leaned toward the resto-mod side, which is why the first configurations skew shorter.
That doesn’t mean longer, original-style geometries are off the table, just not the priority based on initial feedback.
I
am open to going down that path if someone is genuinely serious about getting exactly what they want. In those cases, it’s less about a one-off part and more about
funded development of a new variant, engineered, tested, and potentially certified the same way a production part would be. It’s not inexpensive, but if there’s real intent behind it, there are creative ways to approach it so the effort isn’t wasted.
Right now the priority is getting the first configurations fully tested and validated. Once that baseline exists, it becomes much easier to explore additional geometries responsibly.
If you’re interested in pursuing a specific geometry and understand what’s involved, feel free to send me a DM. Happy to talk through what that could realistically look like.
