Thread: How to measure stem clamp diameter?
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Old 12-09-18 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by smontanaro
[MENTION=462589]Jon T[/MENTION] Hmmm... I'm trying to check a stem for its handlebar clamp diameter, which was why I asked if you meant an inside mic. I'm not measuring seatposts in this exercise. Measuring quill diameter or seatpost diameter likely requires no better than the 0.01mm accuracy found on $10 digital calipers.
Sounds like you/we/me need some sizing samples of handle bars. Don't know why I haven't done this yet. Go to the co-op, calipers in hand, procure cheapest bars of varying sizes you need, cut off one side near clamping area and then use them to ascertain stem sizes. May take some practice, but the cut off samples would be pretty easy to wrangle for a result.
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