In my pre-Atlantis days, I did not know about road vs MTB stems & bar diameters. To get the bars on my UJB road bike up higher, I picked up a cheap MTB stem off the bargain table at my LBS and spronged it open to shove my existing drop bars into it. Had to a bit of prying & futzing to get the bolt to line up, but assumed all the fuss was because it was a poorly made stem. Rode that set-up for thousands of miles & several years without incident. Now that I know better, I try to do things right, but it's interesting what you can do when you don't know you can't. :-)
dougP On Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:55:58 AM UTC-8, Kevin Mulcahy wrote: > > Would anyone else suggest installing the 26.0 bars in the 25.4 quill? I've > done it a couple times and have lived to tell about it. If you spread the > clamp as you install you won't even scratch the bars. > > Kevin > Chicago, IL > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
