Whereas we’re virtually definitely transferring to stealthy, totally internally routed cables on our mountain bikes, one of many holdups to each model adopting it’s that holes within the higher headset cowl permit water, dust, mud, and many others., to get into the body. Contemplating the cables are then wiggling and twisting round in a possible slurry of contaminants, it’s no surprise some people are weary of it.
The opposite strategy, which is much extra frequent on street/gravel bikes, is to run every little thing into the handlebar, then instantly into the stem and thru the steerer tube. Whereas clear, it will get extra difficult whenever you’re coping with an alloy steerer tube on a suspension fork.
The brand new Sixpack Millenium ICR (Inner Cable Routing) stem takes a special strategy, routing cables right into a sleeve beneath the stem, with the entry level sealed off with rubber cable ports to dam mud, dust, and water from coming into. It nonetheless enables you to run cables (principally brake hoses, lately) near the bar and stem, so it really works with the newest SRAM Stealth brakes .
It’s designed particularly to be used with the Acros ZS56 ICR Headsets or Acros Angle-Headsets with an extra aftermarket compression ring (11.52.106R2-AM).
Aside from the decrease portion that hides the cables, there’s nothing proprietary or totally built-in. It’s accessible in 35mm and 50mm lengths, each with 35mm clamp diameter. Included split-spacers permit straightforward top adjustment of your cockpit, even after the ICR system is mounted. Simply loosen the stem, pull it up, and add or take away the break up spacers across the steerer tube. You might even simply use the stem like regular on any bike, too, with out utilizing the cable ports and further components.
Included within the field are:
- 1x CNC-milled stem, designed particularly to optimize the HS cable routing expertise
- 1x prime cowl
- 1x horizontal rubber cable router seal with 4 cable ports
- 2x break up spacers for straightforward top adjustment of the stem (every 5 mm top)
- 1x head tube cowl with seal, suitable with Acros ZS56 ICR Headsets or Acros Angle-Headsets with further aftermarket compression ring (11.52.106R2-AM)
- 1x stem adapter to be used with common headsets
The stem is CNC’-mille’d from AL 7075 in Germany and is available in Midnight Black and Uncooked. The cable routing components are made from glass-fiber bolstered PA (Polyamide) in cooperation with Acros.
