Thanks Jason......yeah, that's the pista frame I've been working on. I agree with you on the stem. Problem is, I bought that Profile stoker bar and darn thing is 26mm bar end to bar end. There's no buldging in the middle. I was unable to use any of my nicer traditional road stems because the bar simply would not make it thru the stem around the sharp bends. The only thing I had on hand was that Salsa stem w/open faceplate.

George