25.4 bar in 26 stem

Gary Jacobson

Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a "face
plate"?
I wouldn't think so but I wouldn't want to find out I was wrong after I
suffer the consequences of not asking.

Gary Jacobson
Rosendale, NY

Bill

http://aebike.com/site/page.cfm?PageID=30&SKU=SM1069
25.4 to 26 shims

"Gary Jacobson" <gjacobson-remove-this-bit-@hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Pbmdc.11726$M3.1092@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a "face
> plate"?
> I wouldn't think so but I wouldn't want to find out I was wrong after I
> suffer the consequences of not asking.
>
> Gary Jacobson
> Rosendale, NY
>
>

Dan Daniel

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:33:51 GMT, "Gary Jacobson"
<gjacobson-remove-this-bit-@hvc.rr.com> wrote:

>Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a "face
>plate"?
>I wouldn't think so but I wouldn't want to find out I was wrong after I
>suffer the consequences of not asking.
>
>Gary Jacobson
>Rosendale, NY
>

Not certain what difference the faceplate makes, but there are shims
available. Someone posted one link; Nitto also has them (or the link
shows Nittos without being named) and your LBS should be able to get
them easily.

Werehatrack

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:33:51 GMT, "Gary Jacobson"
<gjacobson-remove-this-bit-@hvc.rr.com> may have said:

>Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a "face
>plate"?
>I wouldn't think so but I wouldn't want to find out I was wrong after I
>suffer the consequences of not asking.

Use a shim. 0.6mm = about 0.024", so you need a shim that's about
..012" thick. This would be more layers of soda can than I'd be
comfortable with, especially on handlebars. Even though the clamp
might appear able to grip the bars without a shim, it almost certainly
won't be safe that way.

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gary-<< Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a
"face
plate"? >><BR><BR>

Probably bottom the face plate and the hbars will still be loose.

There are some shims out there to help this.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

Jeff Wills

Dan Daniel <ddandan.remove@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:<u31c70pajsi4c19fdessf53qahotjbecs7@4ax.com>...
> On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:33:51 GMT, "Gary Jacobson"
> <gjacobson-remove-this-bit-@hvc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a "face
> >plate"?
> >I wouldn't think so but I wouldn't want to find out I was wrong after I
> >suffer the consequences of not asking.
> >
> >Gary Jacobson
> >Rosendale, NY
> >
>
> Not certain what difference the faceplate makes, but there are shims
> available. Someone posted one link; Nitto also has them (or the link
> shows Nittos without being named) and your LBS should be able to get
> them easily.

Harris Cyclery sells the Nitto shims:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/stems.html#raisers
I tried finding them in the QBP catalog but couldn't. I'm pretty sure
they're there, though.

Jeff

Sheldon Brown

"Gary Jacobson" wrote:
>>
>>>Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a "face
>>>plate"?
>>>I wouldn't think so but I wouldn't want to find out I was wrong after I
>>>suffer the consequences of not asking.

"Pop Top" ("pillow block") stems are generally much less fussy about
small differences in bar size than one-bolt stems, because they don't
rely on flexing the stem to clamp the bar. If it clamps the bar without
the top and bottom faces coming into contact, you should be fine.

Dan Daniel

>>Not certain what difference the faceplate makes, but there are shims
>>available. Someone posted one link; Nitto also has them (or the link
>>shows Nittos without being named) and your LBS should be able to get
>>them easily.
>
Jeff Wills wrote:
>
> Harris Cyclery sells the Nitto shims:
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/stems.html#raisers
> I tried finding them in the QBP catalog but couldn't. I'm pretty sure
> they're there, though.

Thanks for the plug. One of the things about the online Quality
catalogue is that if a product is out of stock at QBP, it won't be
displayed in the catalogue...even if _we_ have it in stock.

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Paul Kopit

Using a piece of emory cloth that is glued to bar works fine. I used
Crazy Glue.

On 09 Apr 2004 14:35:49 GMT, vecchio51@aol.com (Qui si parla
Campagnolo ) wrote:

>gary-<< Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a
>"face
>plate"? >><BR><BR>
>
>Probably bottom the face plate and the hbars will still be loose.
>
>There are some shims out there to help this.
>
>Peter Chisholm
>Vecchio's Bicicletteria
>1833 Pearl St.
>Boulder, CO, 80302
>(303)440-3535
>http://www.vecchios.com
>"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

Luis A. Huerta

Gary, go down to local liquor store, buy a Sapporo in a can (big 20 0z
silver can), drink the beer, then cut shim out of can. Sapporo cans are the
best in the business for a great and reliable shim. The aluminum is THICKER
then regular soda or beer cans and will be perfect for a 25.4 to 26.0 shim.
Good luck

> From: "Gary Jacobson" <gjacobson-remove-this-bit-@hvc.rr.com>
> Organization: Road Runner
> Reply-To: "Gary Jacobson" <gjacobson-remove-this-bit-@hvc.rr.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
> Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:33:51 GMT
> Subject: 25.4 bar in 26 stem
>
> Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a "face
> plate"?
> I wouldn't think so but I wouldn't want to find out I was wrong after I
> suffer the consequences of not asking.
>
> Gary Jacobson
> Rosendale, NY
>
>

Kenny Lee

Gary Jacobson wrote:
> Any trouble with using a 25.4 bar in an "open face" 26 stem with a "face
> plate"?
> I wouldn't think so but I wouldn't want to find out I was wrong after I
> suffer the consequences of not asking.
>
> Gary Jacobson
> Rosendale, NY
>
>
A while back there was a thread about seatpost shims in which poster
claimed that mylar is the perfect material for making shims. Many people
have collaborated this claim.

Kenny Lee