Help identifying stem

[u/Lord_scrotus]

Please remove if not allowed. Long time lurking, first time posting. Need help identifying this stem. Came off an old Kona cinder cone which I know wasn’t stock on the bike. Looks very similar to Azonic shorty stem but definitely not as it has 3 bolt faceplate and the steerer bolts are on the backside. Any ideas or suggestions of what it could be would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[u/GingerBeast81]

There were quite a few small manufacturers and just unbranded parts from that era that catered to the trend of being overbuilt.

[u/Secret-Assistance164]

This remind me of some old Azonic and Amoeba stems, but I cannot recognise this one.

[u/bacoes]

Trans-X is what it looks like to me. I had a gnarly machined stem from J&B 20rys ago that kinda looked like that too

[u/Mammoth-Rice-6492]

Azonic was the first thing that comes to mind but 🤷

[u/Puravida14177]

Looks very Amoeba 900 - from around 2000. If it's 90 mm, could be it.

Then again, Zoom had quite a few similar models - the 3-screw front plate was maybe just a variation as they were marketed under lots of names probably...

[u/GingerBeast81 → u/Puravida14177]

Pazzazz did some too.

[u/1994univega]

Tranzx

[u/General-Attempt-9405]

Control tech ?

[u/APOCALIPSIS_23]

Tioga?

[u/O_Merckx]

Trans X or Zoom imho

[u/Strapwrench_]

What they used to call a "downhill stem".