Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Regular stems like Cinelli1A were narrower on the side with the bolt.
as the bar was inserted you turn the bar so the inside of the curve
faces the narrower side of the stem.
Yea stem Off the bike..
yeah the stem i have is narrower on one side, and the narrow side has to be on the inside of the curve. unfortunately there is a point where you cannot rotate the stem so that the narrow part is in the curve, because the stem makes contact with the flared out end of the bar. if the ends of the bar were a tiny bit shorter I would be able to rotate the stem and get the bar on the rest of the way.
this person had the same problem and cut the ends of the bar
http://forums.mtbr.com/salsa/had-cut...em-722946.html
i might be able to force it but i don't want to gouge the bars
i'm looking at replacement stems now.. *grumble*