DMR Defy 35+ stem rise illustration.

[@o.zzzzzz]

Funnily enough, I'm just about to go from 35mm Turbine stem to 35mm Defy+ stem, the exact 2 stems you have in this video. I also want more rise, and this is a lot better than the stated 5mm rise. Cheers for uploading, excellent video, this is what KZbin is all about. Have a cracking day mate!

[@d2cdl]

Glad my video helped bud🤩

[@zerolight9420]

Stumbled on this as I have just ordered one, and wondered on the quality. So thanks for the video. You made this more complex than it needed to be. You are confusing two separate things. Rise and stack. You are gaining 5mm rise as DMR claim, and you are benefiting from 13mm less stack (so more spacers underneath) than a typical mtb stem. Rise is usually measured as an angle vs horizontal. Most mtb stems have a 5 degree rise, which on a 50mm stem equates to 5mm, on a 35mm stem equates to 4mm. The race face has zero rise so is 0mm. Almost any other stem would have netted you the same 4 or 5mm rise. Very few would get you the 13mm additional spacers due to a lower stack, which is where the real benefit has come from.

[@jarrydvanhoy]

This is the exact video I was looking for. I too am on the tall side with a Capra and was browsing KZbin for this exact solution. Thank you for putting this out there!

[@d2cdl]

Glad it helped you. 🤟

[@nigelhagley8942]

Very helpful, Im considering the DMR for a higher rise. Im currently using the Race face. Great explanation!!!!

[@1982daverogers]

Massively helpful mate, totally agree on the seat tube and the tiny cuts of the steerer tube.

[@stradmanofficial]

This is amazingly helpful!! Thank you sir.

[@d2cdl]

It certainly helps me get the front higher Ryan🤟

[@Regeadg]

Maaan, where have you been all my life. I almost went decided to go back to 31.8 and a new stem for my problems. Cheers!

[@OMPONG777]

Dmr is the solution for cutting steerer tube to short

[@danielwoolcock7267]

Thanks for this video and clarifying the difference. I've bought an orbea rise in XL (I'm 6ft 4). If you put my dropper post to the height I need it, the bars are so much lower that the seat height it's unreal. I've just purchased today some one-up carbon e-bar with a 35mm rise. I was searching for a stem, found this one on Google and looked for a video, yours popped up first. This combined with the one-up bars will be perfect. As it is, I look like I'm on a road Racer being that low down at the front 🤣

[@thegibbonisreal]

Cheers for that.....saved me a lot of hassle!!!

[@raulgarderes3333]

Great explanation, thinking of getting that stem to shorten mine (50mm long at the moment) and give a bit more rise. Excellent!

[@ianmangham4570]

I just bought the Dmr Sect stem,it's very similar, 40mm reach with a 27mm stack height, perfect for my short ass rockshox steerer tube 👍💯

[@d2cdl]

👊😎

[@crocodilo01]

Awesome detail thanks very much, just ordered one based on this 👍

[@d2cdl]

That's cool. Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

[@MorksDepot]

great info. was looking at this stem as well to give me a bit rise on the bars. ride safe. new supporter here on your channel.

[@d2cdl]

Glad it helped.🤩 I've just bought the Burgtec 50mm Ride High bars for even more rise up front.👍

[@stevethrussell940]

Just what I wanted to know to sort the same issue on my bike. Thanks

[@d2cdl]

That's cool Steve.😎

[@scottt1412]

Very helpful. I'm now debating between this stem and Bontrager Kovee Pro 35 in 13 Degree rise. There are no other options I'm aware of outside of going to a 31.6 with a deity-bar.

[@omp365]

very helpful mate. strangely the easton stem you used for comparison is the actual stem i'm replacing, so it was a great help.

[@kilo2823]

You're a life (wallet) saver! Thanks for this video!

[@pressrolls]

excellent work mate!

[@d2cdl]

Hi bud🖐I've got one on all my bikes now👊Cheers

[@pressrolls]

@@d2cdl I'm in the US and about to order one. Who would be the best dealer in the UK to order from?

[@d2cdl]

@@pressrolls I bought mine cheap of ebay, but I would think any of the main UK based suppliers will provide a good service to the USA 🇺🇸 🤟

[@MrRay645]

feel your pain... Im "only" 6'3" (190.5cm) but more legs than average for my hight and always end up with the saddle way up high like a pro road race bike.... not a good feel on a trail or enduro bike. Luckily meet a guy on a Capra XXL and noticed that they hack the steerer short, that would have been a pricey "fix"

[@gallowglasses2496]

Cheers for the video. Do you know what the maximum rider weight is for this stem? Steerer clamp area looks approximately 1/3 less surface area. I have the same issues with being a taller rider. It would be great if manufacturers left uncut steerers on there bikes for the riders to decide the stack height. I went from a 25mm riser bar to 40mm, stills feels a tad low. cheers.

[@d2cdl]

Hi there. Sorry for the late response, but I have been on the mountain in Les Gets and Morzine today. 😎 The stem is bomb proof. I'm over 100kgs on the bike and I'm not a very delicate rider. I've thrashed down drops and overshot jumps to flat and the stem is rock solid. Cheers.

[@tyronehale4017]

Helped loads!! I've bought some raceface six C 35mm carbon bars. These look ideal for my hardtail as prefer bar rise for jumps 💯cheers dude

[@turboelephant6298]

Good stuff. Thanks.

[@OMPONG777]

Question...will this defy stem works upside down?

[@d2cdl]

Can't see why not with a spacer beneath it👍

[@jorgerico0007]

Justo lo que necesito para aumentar la altura de mi manillar

[@whycantweeatabortedbabies6259]

But what if you put the defy stem down where the raceface stem sits? Then is it 5mm?

[@d2cdl]

Yes, but the beauty of the Defy stem is its low stack height, meaning the bars sit much higher than the top of the steerer when the stem is also at the top of the steerer. Relative to the top of the steerer tube, the Defy stem raises the bars 20mm more than the RF one.

[@runejensen6145]

Is this really 15mm rise? The product description says 5mm.

[@d2cdl]

Technically yes, the bars are only 5mm higher than the bottom of the stem. However, the low stack height of the stem means it can have more spacers under it, effectively lifting the bars/stem relative to the top of the steerer tube👍

[@runejensen6145]

@@d2cdl thanks - just to be verbose, your 15mm is then in reality the measure from the top of the stem to the top of the bar?

[@d2cdl]

@Rune Jensen I can't remember the exact details/maths on it, only that the Defy stem allows the bars to sit much higher than the top of the steerer than any other stem out there. I guess the maths would be, 35mm bar+5mm rise,-stack height= the height the top of the bars are above the top of the steerer🤯

[@runejensen6145]

@@d2cdl I was specifically wondering if this provides more rise than the Funn Equalizer Stem (10mm). Measuring over design charts for both it does seem like this provides a bit more when measured from the top of the stem, probably 5mm.

[@d2cdl]

@Rune Jensen The Funn stem allows the top of the bars to sit 11mm above the top of the steerer, and Defy stem allows 13mm 👍

[@ianmangham4570]

I'll buy the dmr35 if you don't use it 🇬🇧🙏🤟,just noticed this is 3 year's old lmno 🤣😆

[@dhonedrandalman1837]

Hello sir what is height of the stem to be exactly?

[@ianmangham4570]

Stack height is 27mm

[@matpelletier972]

You did not calculat well the heigt. You need to mesure them after the two botom of the stems are at the same heigt

[@jorelpablo6864]

the stack height of the stem relative to the top position in the steerer tube is what he's measuring. He would not have got the advantage of the shorter stack height of the defy if he did measure it with the bottom at the same height.

[@jahtakka]

The fact is that it is correct to measure the rise from the lower plane of the stem. You've turned everything upside down. Other things being equal, with such an installation, the steering wheel will be closer, the cockpit will decrease. That's why you need to measure from the bottom plane.

[@d2cdl]

Hi there. Sorry, but I have to disagree. I cannot mount any stem higher than the top of my steerer tube, hence why my measuring point is from the top of the stem.

[@200Duece]

It's not the rise that gives you the extra height. It's the difference of stack height that you have illustrated with the 5mm rise the DMR stem. The DMR stem had a much smaller stack height.

[@d2cdl]

I think what I'm trying to illustrate is that the DMR stem will allow you to get the bars higher than with any other stem. Cheers.

[@_systemd]

@@d2cdl very good illustrative video. happy with the stem?

[@Peanutdenver]

@@d2cdl You just need to throw in a 5 and 10mm or 20mm spacer below the stem to take advantage of the bars being higher since the stack height of the DMR is shorter then the RaceFace stem(measure the top of stem where your steering tube goes through to the bottom of that stem). I have the DMR Defy2 50mm (35MM) on my Evil, so I've been down this road. Best of luck.