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Straitline Pinch (SSC) stem


ROUND NUMBERS APPEAR to be important to Straitline – our stem weighed exactly 200g and costs 150$. That makes it the second priciest and the heaviest stem on test.

It features our preferred bar clamp design, which requires two bolts to be turned until there’s no gap between the stem and faceplate before the other two are tightened up. But unlike other stems with this design, the bar roll can’t be adjusted once the first two are tight, making it trickier to adjust. Straitline have used 5mm bolts throughout, making fitting easier and allowing a properly tight 12.2Nm torque setting. The bar clamp is wide at 52mm, bolstering the bombproof feel on the bike. It’s available in eight colours, but you’d have to be obsessive about colour matching to justify the cost.

WEIGHT: 200g (50x31.8mm)
LENGTH(S): 35, 50mm
CLAMPS(S): 31.8mm

Price 150$
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