your bike is hot, by the way. how heavy are those steel ones? my roommate has the aluminum ones on his newest track bike. he was using that stem, but he didn't like how deep the drop is. he has one of those new thomson's. i've just sort of goofed around on his bike, seeing as how it is waay too small for me, but liked the feel of the bars. i like aluminum bars though. i'll have to agree, steel nittos are flexy.