We could just tell you the basic steps of how to tighten your stem down, but we wanted to provide a lot more than just that.

In this video we discuss

• Rise
• Preparing the stem for installation
• How many head set spacers you should run under your stem
• How tight you should tighten the bolts
• Top load versus front load stems
• Torx bolts versus hex key bolts
• CNC’d versus forged versus cast stems
• Steel versus titanium versus chrome plated bolts

Short Cuts

• 7:26 How to tighten standard stems correctly.
• 17:07 How to tighten Von Sothen Racing & CXP newer style stems. (Where one side of the face plate clamps completely shut).

A massive thanks to Paul Knox who has many years experience in the bike industry. Paul is a wealth of BMX knowledge that we will be drawing from to create more handy video to help set up your BMX bike perfectly.