Originally Posted by
halfspeed
It could be worse. You could have a retro-grouch setup requiring you to remove the bar tape and levers from one side to slide the bars through the stem.
I think the torx bolts are actually an industry conspiracy to discourage people who shouldn't be wrenching from wrenching. Sounds like it almost worked this time.
It's so stupid on so many levels. Now when you're out on the road, in the middle of friggin nowhere, and your stem is loose, you can't fix it because you don't have 5 allen key sizes
and 5 torx key sizes in your tiny jersey back pocket? Do these morons who design this crap even ride bicycles in the real world at all?
I've been putting stems and stuff on bikes for 30 years. All of a sudden in 2014 they change the rules without telling anybody? Good thinking.