Originally Posted by
lobstermike
The bars look to be a uniform length all along the bar? I would have thought the bars would be fatter at the middle
Those bars should fit through the stem. I've never had a problem. Most bars are fatter in the middle, even if it's just a little. Are you using MTB components on these bars? That's the big question. The bars must taper down to 22.2mm or your brake levers, shifters, etc will not fit. Make sure the bar isn't 25.4mm all the way across. I wouldn't expect it to be, but it's possible.