Originally Posted by
jgedwa
For what it is worth, a quick search of various forums here seem to indicate that some people do it and some would never do it.
I do not have an iron in this fire, I am just trying to solicit more input. I am reluctant to weaken that point of a bike at all (seems like it would be under a LOT of stress). So I am curious to whether this .6mm difference will crush the bar. Or if the bolts of an open face stem can be tightened carefully so as not to crush the bar and yet hold it securely.
jim
Would be helpful to know what stem and bar combo. I've seen some stem specs in catalogues with 25.4-26.0 listed. Manufacturer might say differently. It's a very small difference and depends on the tolerances.
Obviously you don't want to crush the bar and you don't want to stress the face plate resulting in possible faceplant.
But to say never with out more info is wrong.
