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Easton vs Raceface

2K views 8 replies 7 participants last post by  RudeSechsVibe 
#1 ·
I'm looking at upgrading my stem, handlebar and seatpost. Any opinions on these. Is 1 more durable than the other? They seem to be pretty close in weight but the Raceface stuff is a little cheaper right now. Thanks for any input. BTW my wife wants to get me something for Christmas so I thought this would be nice.
 
#3 ·
They're both decent for stems and bars IMHO.

Jenson has EA70 stems for $19 and EA70 riser bars for $30:

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/ST402A01-Easton+Ea70+Stem.aspx?SSAID=176195

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/HB402A06-Easton+Ea70+Monkey+Lite+Bar.aspx

The RF Evolve AM stem is pretty stiff, but I haven't tried the Evolve XC stuff.

As for seatposts, I don't care for the setback of the Eastons. and can't say one way or another on RF, but with that said, as cheap as I am, I would still do whatever I could to go with a Thomson seatpost.

JMHO.
 
#4 ·
Do you want all of it to match? If so the EA stuff is decently priced and will last so I'd go with that personally. I've used Easton stuff on my HT XC bike for about 2 years now and it's all still good to go.
 
#6 ·
I, too, like Thomson seat posts: when you set the seat angle with the two bolts, it stays set. At least some of the Easton posts seem to have a somewhat similar mechanism.
 
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