Originally Posted by
Pantah
70sSanO What concern is there for 25.4 clamp diameter and drop bars? I'm genuinely curious what the worry is as I can't think of any, aside from the relative scarcity of 1 inch threadless stems.
A lot of older road bars were 26.0mm, except Cinelli. The older steel Salsa stems that I have seen are 25.4mm for mtb flat bars.
There are road bars that are 25.4mm clamp diameter, but you would need to find one you like.
John