Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 Reviews

Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £218.69 – Save 11% (RRP: £245)

Take a look now to discover what makes Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.

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• Brand – Zipp
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Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Stems. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Stems. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Stems. Brands like Zipp are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Stems category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Stems.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £218.69 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.6 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Stems

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Stems.

We found 178 in the Stems category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £55.02, making it above average at £218.69.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Stems. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £249.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.

With 178 products available we worked out that 1 cost more than Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 and 175 were cheaper.

Cost of Zipp products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 67 products from Zipp, of which 5 were in the Stems category.

For now though we’re looking at Zipp branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £1201.11 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Zipp product we found was £12.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £3489.49.

Of the 67 from Zipp, 50 were more expensive than Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 and 15 were cheaper.

How much are Zipp Stems?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Zipp products that are listed in the Stems category.

The average price of the 5 products that match this search was £183.08, with the cheapest coming in at £84.00 and highest price was £218.69. With the average being £183.08, Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 and 3 were cheaper.

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Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.1 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Stems category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.5 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 or another similar product, like Zipp SL Sprint Stem 2018 reviews or Spank Spike 25-30 DM Stem reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Stems.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Stems. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Zipp, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.1/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010935237
• Product ID 2: 586343UK
• Brand: Zipp
• Model number: 00.6518.017.010
• RRP: £245
• EAN: 710845801815
• Description: Zipp SL Speed StemThe Zipp SL Speed Stem sets the standard for performance and style thanks to its unidirectional carbon fibre construction. Created using the same Exogram technology that is used in SRAM Red cranksets, weight is reduced to a featherweight 123g for the 100mm version. Despite this low weight, the SL Speed stem still exceeds Zipp’s best in class stiffness-to-weight standards. It would be the perfect addition to any hill climbing enthusiasts Road bike and it’s also durable enough to take on Gravel and Cyclocross riding too.Features: Material: UD Carbon, Aluminium Faceplate Hardware Material: Titanium Torx T25 bolts Clamp Diameter:¬†31.6mm Steerer Tube Diameter: 1 1/8" Rise: ¬±6¬∞ Stack Height: 41mm Clamp Width: 50mm Weight:¬†123g (100mm)Buy¬†Zipp Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Stems
• Savings percentage from RRP: 11%
• Size: 1.1/8″
• Unisex
• 26.31
• Adult

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Other options for Stems

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Stems. 178 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Zipp SL Speed Stem 2018 included,
Ritchey WCS Trail Stem reviews, Ritchey WCS C220 Stem reviews, or we really liked the look of Deda Elementi Pista Stem reviews as another alternative.