what do you use for handlebar shims
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I want to keep my bike weight down. I only use Diet Coke cans.
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I've installed 25.4 bars with 26mm stems without shims and never had a problem. I know the "risk" of stressing the clamp that way, but failure has never been a part of my experience there
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Nobody said lambskin condom?
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well, i was going to, but i didn't have the ballz....hehe...he