Stem w/ narrow front plate?
Just recently finished putting my bike together, and I may have an issue with my Thomson Elite stem. I'm using a Dia Compe Gran Compe Shot lever, and the issue is with the width of the front plate. It's so wide that the long lever of the brake doesn't reach all the way across to the far side. I'm considering returning my Thomson for a different stem, but am having trouble finding the relevant dimensions to tell which would work best for me. The stems I'm looking at are the Cinelli MASH, Nitto UI-85EX, or the Thomson X2. My bars are 25.4, so I'd have to use a shim with all of them. Anyone know which of these would work best?
Last edited by smurray; 08-01-12 at 07:03 PM.