I have been using the Ritchey WCS stems for the past 4 years and aside from changing the branding the only trivial change was reducing the cap in size by taking the center out, leaving it as 2 thin caps each with 2 ti bolts. Now I see this on Simoni's Scott bike at the Giro and it looks totally different. I have heard about Ritchey giving prototypes and early production to pros that beg for it (including some that he is not even officially supporting). He is showing up on more and more Protour and Continental team bikes. Anyway, I was just curious to see if anyone could ID this (new?) stem. The previous WCS forged aluminum stem is the lightest production aluminum stem I have ever seen (Only a few magnesium stems are lighter).
I have been using the Ritchey WCS stems for the past 4 years and aside from changing the branding the only trivial change was reducing the cap in size by taking the center out, leaving it as 2 thin caps each with 2 ti bolts. Now I see this on Simoni's Scott bike at the Giro and it looks totally different. I have heard about Ritchey giving prototypes and early production to pros that beg for it (including some that he is not even officially supporting). He is showing up on more and more Protour and Continental team bikes. Anyway, I was just curious to see if anyone could ID this (new?) stem. The previous WCS forged aluminum stem is the lightest production aluminum stem I have ever seen (Only a few magnesium stems are lighter).
