Originally Posted by
dksix
I only speaking from reading about this, not actual experience but wanted to throw it out there for others to confirm or depute.
I believe I've read that some of the extreme bends of the new compact bars weren't possible with quill stems. The bends being too extreme to be able to slide through. This may be incorrect but with all the different bar suggestions I thought I'd bring it up.
VeloOrange suggests an open face stem for their private brand Dejia compact handlebar.
With that said, i just fit a Soma Hwy1 bar on an Origin8 labeled Kalloy quill stem and it went on without any scratches to the bar. The Hwy1 bar is the same reach and almost exact drop as the Dejia compact bar.
