Road Bars (26mm) in a Mountain (25.4mm) Stem = Problem?
 

"Steve Sr." wrote in message
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Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.


You can use a thin metal shim.

"RonSonic" wrote in message
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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 01:52:31 GMT, "Gooserider"
wrote:


"Steve Sr." wrote in message
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Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.


You can use a thin metal shim.


Hrrrruh?


Yup.

They make them with negative thickness these days.

On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 01:52:31 GMT, "Gooserider" wrote:


"Steve Sr." wrote in message
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Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.


You can use a thin metal shim.


Hrrrruh?

Steve:

Hell yeah, this is wrong! Not a good idea. See my suggestion in my
response to your other post about sources for a 130 degree road stem.

App

"jtaylor" wrote in message
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"RonSonic" wrote in message
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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 01:52:31 GMT, "Gooserider"
wrote:


"Steve Sr." wrote in message
.. .
Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.


You can use a thin metal shim.


Hrrrruh?


Yup.

They make them with negative thickness these days.


D'oh! Sorry 'bout that....

Steve Sr. wrote:
Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.

Thanks,

Steve

Depending on the stem it may either case a bent bolt or bolts that don't
engage enough treads. Both bad ideas. A broken stem/habr connection when
out of the saddle climbing can really hurt. Stems are cheap, get the
proper one. Dental bills are not cheap.

On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:08:55 -0400, "jtaylor"
wrote:


"RonSonic" wrote in message
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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 01:52:31 GMT, "Gooserider"
wrote:


"Steve Sr." wrote in message
.. .
Is this small diameter difference likely to cause a problem in real
life? I am trying to put a high angle (130 degree) stem on my road
bike to improve the fit and the high angle stems seem to only
available for Mountain bars.


You can use a thin metal shim.


Hrrrruh?


Yup.

They make them with negative thickness these days.

Cool, can I get 'em at Harbor Freight. The Hole Mover I bought there has come in
real handy. Between the two I can go back to measuring once.

Ron