Ritchey Classic Stem Reviews

Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £51.99 – Save 17% (RRP: £63)

Take a look now to discover what makes Ritchey Classic Stem worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Ritchey
• Videos
• Summary
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Ritchey Classic Stem 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 Ritchey Classic Stem.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Ritchey Classic Stem 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 Ritchey 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 Ritchey Classic Stem

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Ritchey Classic Stem.

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 Ritchey Classic Stem was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £51.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.9 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 below average at £51.99.

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 69 cost more than Ritchey Classic Stem and 107 were cheaper.

Cost of Ritchey products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 119 products from Ritchey, of which 16 were in the Stems category.

For now though we’re looking at Ritchey branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £69.11 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Ritchey product we found was £1.19 and the highest price we could find from them was £1129.00.

Of the 119 from Ritchey, 36 were more expensive than Ritchey Classic Stem and 82 were cheaper.

How much are Ritchey Stems?

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

The average price of the 16 products that match this search was £54.47, with the cheapest coming in at £2.99 and highest price was £150.64. With the average being £54.47, Ritchey Classic Stem comes in below average.

7 products that meet this search were more expensive than Ritchey Classic Stem and 8 were cheaper.

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Ritchey Classic Stem 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 Ritchey Classic Stem reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Ritchey Classic Stem, 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 Ritchey Classic Stem or another similar product, like 3T Arx II Pro Alloy Road Stem 2017 reviews or 3T Arx II Team Stealth Alloy Road 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 Ritchey, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Ritchey Classic Stem

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Ritchey Classic Stem reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Ritchey Classic Stem. 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 9.3/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010934711
• Product ID 2: 467789UK
• Brand: Ritchey
• Model number: 200.ST310.357
• RRP: £63
• EAN: 796941316255
• Description: Ritchey Classic StemYou really can have it all‚Äîthe new wcs c220 stem rivals the performance of the revolutionary c260 stem design, but it’s quicker and easier to install and remove thanks to a press-fit handlebar clamp interface and forward-facing hardware.First proven on the ritchey trail stem, the c220 handlebar clamp design creates a more secure interface by wrapping a full 220 degrees over the handlebar. Bolt forces are aligned with the clamp so that the stem body ‘embraces’ the handlebar, which is less prone to damaging lightweight bars. This clamp design allows for a lighter faceplate and stem body with no sacrifice in strength or stiffness.The stem body is forged 2014 aluminum for further weight reduction. Premium quality crmo steel bolts are used throughout.Features:Bolts: 4mm coated CrMo steel 5Nm torque max on all hardware Bar Clamp: 31.8mm Press-fit clamp design installs and removes like a standard stem Material: 3d forged 2014 alloy body Lengths: 60-130mm Angle: 84/6 degree Steerer Height: 42mm Steerer: 1-1/8″ Faceplate Width: 42mm Weight: 121g (110mm)Buy¬†Ritchey Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Stems
• Savings percentage from RRP: 17%
• Size: 1.1/8″
• Unisex
• 11.01
• 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 Ritchey Classic Stem included,
Renthal Integra II Direct Mount Stem reviews, Nukeproof Sam Hill Series Direct Mount Stem reviews, or we really liked the look of Brand-X Enduro MTB Stem reviews as another alternative.