ITM and 25.8
05-29-05, 01:41 PM
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ITM and 25.8
So for some reason ITM makes their bars and stems with a 25.8 mm clamp diameter. I forgot about this when I bought a stem to use with my 26 mm bar and found that they don't fit together nicely. I tried to return the stem, and the guy I talked to at the LBS said "it's made a bit smaller like that so the bar doesn't creak as much." This sounds like total bullcrap and I'm sure he made it up on the spot, but I took his word for it and kept the stem.
I poked around, searched forums, and everyone seems to think a 25.8mm stem and a 26.0mm bar will work okay. If either my bar or stem breaks and I die, I'm going to be really mad.
Does anyone know why ITM is using this size? Is it really safe to spread the faceplate of a stem to make it fit a larger bar, even if it's only 0.2mm? I had always believed it wasn't, not that I've ever broken a stem or bar.
I poked around, searched forums, and everyone seems to think a 25.8mm stem and a 26.0mm bar will work okay. If either my bar or stem breaks and I die, I'm going to be really mad.
Does anyone know why ITM is using this size? Is it really safe to spread the faceplate of a stem to make it fit a larger bar, even if it's only 0.2mm? I had always believed it wasn't, not that I've ever broken a stem or bar.
05-29-05, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by checkthat
So for some reason ITM makes their bars and stems with a 25.8 mm clamp diameter. I forgot about this when I bought a stem to use with my 26 mm bar and found that they don't fit together nicely. I tried to return the stem, and the guy I talked to at the LBS said "it's made a bit smaller like that so the bar doesn't creak as much." This sounds like total bullcrap and I'm sure he made it up on the spot, but I took his word for it and kept the stem.
I poked around, searched forums, and everyone seems to think a 25.8mm stem and a 26.0mm bar will work okay. If either my bar or stem breaks and I die, I'm going to be really mad.
Does anyone know why ITM is using this size? Is it really safe to spread the faceplate of a stem to make it fit a larger bar, even if it's only 0.2mm? I had always believed it wasn't, not that I've ever broken a stem or bar.
I poked around, searched forums, and everyone seems to think a 25.8mm stem and a 26.0mm bar will work okay. If either my bar or stem breaks and I die, I'm going to be really mad.
Does anyone know why ITM is using this size? Is it really safe to spread the faceplate of a stem to make it fit a larger bar, even if it's only 0.2mm? I had always believed it wasn't, not that I've ever broken a stem or bar.
