Made for downhill, freeride and enduro
Light, durable and with an unique design
The Intend Grace FR stem is indestructible, precise and the best technical solution to combine 2 cylindric tubes to each other. 4 titanium bolts in black, rounded edges to avoid any stress at the handlebar clamp.
Downhill-ready with the lowest weight of a stem in this size. There are lighter ones, yes - but they are longer....
NOTE: For handlebars with a wide big outer diameter e.g. the renthal carbon handlebar or the hope carbon handlebar the assembly does only work with scratches even for rise of less than 20mm!!!
Features of the Grace FR:
- 82g (31,8mm), 85g (35mm)incl titan bolts
- 35mm length
- 31,8mm/35mm handlebar diameter
- @31,8mm: stack height 35,5mm, minimum steerer insert 32mm
- @35mm: stack height 37mm, minimum steerer insert 33,5mm
- EFBE “E-Gravity” tested
- rounded handlebar edges – ideal for carbon bars
- really nice looking
- max Rise 20-25mm
- 5Nm Bolt-torque
- colors: black, blue and raw
Price: 149 Euro (incl. VAT)
Einsatzbereich | Downhill, Enduro |
Laufradgröße | 27,5+, 29" |
Federung | Stahlfeder |
Federweg | 140 mm / 150 mm / 160 mm |
Gabelschaft | 1 1/8" - 1,5" tapered |
Achssystem | Steckachse mit Schnellspannhebel (15 x 110 mm) |
Bremsaufnahme | Disc PM 7" (direct mount 180 mm) |
Vorlauf | 51 mm |
Schaftlänge | 260 mm |
Schaftdurchm. Vorbauklemmung | 28,6 mm |
Schaftdurchmesser Konussitz | 40 mm |
Einbauhöhe | 552 mm (bei 140 mm) / 562 (bei 150 mm) / 572 mm (bei 160 mm) |
Einbaubreite | 110 mm |
Standrohrdurchmesser | 35 mm |
Material Gabelschaft | Aluminium |
Material Gabelkrone | Aluminium |
Material Standrohre | Aluminium |
Material Tauchrohre | Aluminium |
Technology
First of all there was an idea, the idea of a new seperation of a stem clamping. Why not seperate the stem at the steerer tube?
First prototype of Intend Grace EN with 3 piece design – 2016
Awesome new design. It works, looks nice, the weight was great. But when it comes to small series production I started to ask around for offers from the milling companies. One was 495 Euro per piece, just the milling. I was really frustrated. Can it be, that a stem made in germany would be that highpriced ?
For the customer this would be around 800 to 1000 Euro for a stem. I cancelled the project.
The “newmen” Michi Grätz came up with a one piece stem. My first thoughts where “oh, all the guys will ask, which handlebar will fit”. This always means lots of emails, lots of questions. But after a few weeks I was really keen on this idea.
Because it is – from technical view – the best solution to combine two tubes to each other. It is the lightest, most beautiful – and also cheapest solution. “Light, strong, cheap” – yes, take all of it! (some of you might think, cheap, hea? but for made in germany in small number of pieces, it is!)
A few weeks later the prototypes where done – a few month later the first series was done. Before this I had to make a dynamic test at EFBE-Prüftechnik. They told me “the stem has passed the E-Gravity programm” and asked me if I want to make additional onesided load tests….
“the stem also passed the additional tests, the small guy is really solid…”
But why is it that strong ?
One of the answers is “Mr Mattheck”. He is a professor for trees. No joke. He developed the natural “chamfer”, which differs slighty from a “engineering chamfer”.

Left side: engineering chamfer
Right side: Mattheck’s chamfer
The Intend Grace stem is made with this principles. So the test machine couldn’t destroy it.
FAQ
Can I ride this stem with a carbon handlebar ?
yes, they are ideal to combine with carbon
Do I need to have fear, that the stem breaks under heavy loads?
No, don’t worry, there are couple of hundrets of this stems sold and 0 are broken. They are tested in the laboratory and made out of high strength materials
Does it fit to every topcaps?
Yes, normal topcaps are bigger than the groove of my stem (31mm), so you go with the topcap of your choice
Is a topcap included ?
No
Is it possible to get a stem with different geometry (angle, length) ?
This can’t be provided due to increased effort in engineering and production
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