ATTENTION! ATTENTION!(said with a French accent)

Just about all of the 20+ Nitto stems that I have are marked 22.2mm but measure 22.1mm. They fit in many French streerers without any modifications.

French and other metric stems were originally 21.9mm because you can't fit a 22.0mm stem in a 22.0mm steerer! Metric steerers are frequently a little oversize too!

I clean out the inside of the steerer and run a hone through it to smooth out the ID - sand paper on a stick will work too. I grease the inside of the steerer and the stem to prevent corrosion.

It's important to file a slight chamfer inside of the top of steerer to remove any burrs. Also screw the top lock nut on to make sure the bore aligns with the inside of the steerer.


Nitto stems are available for 25.4mm and 26mm bars. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND not not trying to clamp a 25mm bar in a 26mm stem.

Most old 25mm bars were made of low strength aluminum alloy and tend to sag. When they do they can fail catastrophically without warning!!!



Better quality bars like Cinelli, 3TTT, Nitto and many others were/are made of high strength 6061 or 7075 aluminum alloys.


I have Nitto 177 bars on a number of bikes. "NOODLE" bar is a cutsie-wootsie baby talk marketing name that Grant Peterson of Rivendell came up with (probably for the "BOB" set).

The177 bars nice for long rides. The reverse bends on the tops make it easier on the wrists.


I also have some Ritchey Pro BioMax bars and with a similar bend on the tops and a short reach. The centers are 25.7mm which fit 26mm stems OK.




The discontinued 3TTT Morphe bars are good too, They have 26mm center sections and a very short reach.




I have wide shoulders and like 42cm to 46cm bars.

verktyg

Chas.