We all know bananas are a cyclist’s best friend. They’re packed with energy and nutrients, pocket-friendly and come ready-wrapped in biodegradable packaging.
But if your love of bananas goes beyond the edible, why not swap out your stem to Stayer’s Banana Banana? It has 100mm of reach and, thanks to its banana shape, 100mm of rise.
Stayer says the stem has been used to satisfy the appetite of a 6ft 4in rider for a stem that made his cargo bike more comfortable and easier to ride.
The original bunch of three Banana Banana stems were made in 2021 so that the Wizard Works luggage brand could fit a front basket to a drop-bar bike without it getting in the way of the handlebar, so it wasn’t just a novelty piece.
If you don’t want a 100mm Banana, you can choose to pre-purchase a 60mm length/rise small Banana. And if you don’t like yellow, you can have a Banana Banana stem in any colour you want – maybe an unripe green one – for an extra £20.
Stayer says the Banana Banana stem will ship at the end of January 2026. With a price of £220, we calculate you could buy almost 250kg of the real thing at Tesco, though, which would be a lot more tasty and make good use of your cargo bike's carrying capacity.
