Zoom stems - any good

[azaro]

I'm trying to find a 1" quill stem to do my E3 justice and I'm struggling.

I can get a NOS Zoom one off ebay, but are they any good?

Also, are they British/American/Japanese or what?

 

[mikee]

nothing special but nicely finished and cheap
asian made parts ,so well made and reliable
buy with confidence

 

[GT-Steve]

I've owned a few over the years and the're perfectly good bits of kit.

As a poor teenager back in the very early 90's, they were a decent cheap upgrade brand...

 

[MADJEZ]

I wonderd this as well. I thought that Zoom forks for cheap rubbish
but having seen a few knocking around maybe they are much
maligned.

A bit like the 'cheap & nasty' RSTs on my Outpost which are still going
strong after 12 years on their original elastomers.

 

[mikee]

no experience of the forks ,but a cheap non performance part imo
they might be as good as other cheap forks tho

the bars/stems and posts were always good tho

 

[tintin40]

nothing special but nicely finished and cheap
asian made parts ,so well made and reliable
buy with confidence

Correct. I had one BITD and have bought a 1'' stem off the bay.

 

[drystonepaul]

Avoid the modern Zoom forks, unless you like poorly made pogo sticks.
The old quill stems, bars and seat-posts are well made functional bits of kit though, and the stems especially are still available as NOS at very good prices.

 

[mechagouki]

Zoom finishing kit was specced on high end KHS bikes in the early 1990s, including the $2500 top-of-the-range Montana Team. The older parts are very light and nice looking in a no-nonsense way.

 

[mynchiboy]

Agreed with everything above...and yes, all my mates had Zoom stems back in the day!

The only real (minor) problem I've had is that water can sometimes seep in to the recess where the quill bolt lives but a bit of grease solves that...and drying your bike a bit after riding in the rain

 

[magas]

wasn't Ned Overend using Zoom parts ? - remember he had stem/bar/barends on his S-Works

did not know if he used them because he get paid for, or he was convinced by the quality of that parts