Originally Posted by
tmhudg
Thanks yeah, I'm aware of the need to keep the gap about the same on top and bottom and I'm pretty sure I put it on evenly. I too was surprised that it didn't close up as much as it seemed like it should. I will double-check this though so thanks for mentioning it.
I'm sure the gap is the same top/bottom. Even if you didn't go out of your way to ensure it, the lower screws would not tighten beyond what would bring the cap of the stem in contact with the bar. Maybe that stem can accommodate both 31.8 and 25.4 bars? I've never heard of such a thing, but <shrug> the bars seem to fit anyway. TBH I'm not sure anything can be judged from that picture. The magnification distorts what, to my eyes, does not look all that unusual. FWIW.