Michael, I have both. The only difference I can tell, other than the weight, and I can't perceive any difference between the two when attached to a bicycle is the aluminum one seems to be less prone to slippage in the stem. Both work equally well, but the aluminum ones seem to require less torque on the stem bolt to get them not to slip. Aluminum would probably be a better choice for a flip top stem. I had a steel one in such a stem once and could not get it not to slip, even to the point of bulging the center section of the bar. Probably should have knurled it a little. Also, I can flex neither of them noticeably.
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Michael <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is another thread on here from a year ago that didn't answer the > question. > > The stock builds come with steel. I am sure they are fantastic. > I have read a complaint about the aluminum version being too flexy. > > Any votes here? What are you using and how does it feel to you? > Thanks for the advice. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
