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25.8 stem on 26.0 bar?

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  1. Can a TTT aluminum stem with 25.8mm clamp be used on a Deda aluminum
    26.0mm handlebar? It seems to me that 0.2mm would be closer than their
    machining tolerances, but worth checking with folks here.

  2. Eagle Jackson said:

    Can a TTT aluminum stem with 25.8mm clamp be used on a Deda aluminum
    26.0mm handlebar?

    No!

    Quoted message said:

    It seems to me that 0.2mm would be closer than
    their machining tolerances,

    I hope not!

    Matt O.

  3. Dear jackson:

    Beer can shim!

    good luck

    jn

    "Thursday"

  4. Quoted message said:

    Beer can shim!

    I guess after some beers creating a negative shim sounds plausible.

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    Quoted message said:

    Dear jackson:

    Beer can shim!

    good luck

    jn

    "Thursday"

  5. Quoted message said:

    Dear jackson:

    Beer can shim!

    How can a shim make a fatter bar fit into a thinner stem?

    Actually, 25.8 and 26.0 are so close as to be fully interchangeable.

    Sheldon "Not Rocket Science" Brown
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  6. Sheldon

    What if you want to use a 26.0 stem and a 25.4 bar. Will beer can work
    here. Beer can is much cheaper than a shim and is also quite fun to
    drain!!

  7. Sheldon Brown said:
    Quoted message said:

    Dear jackson:

    Beer can shim!

    How can a shim make a fatter bar fit into a thinner stem?

    It's purely a function of the right /quantity/ of beer.

    Happens in bars . . . around 1:30am . . . all over the country.

  8. Quoted message said:

    Sheldon

    What if you want to use a 26.0 stem and a 25.4 bar. Will beer can work
    here. Beer can is much cheaper than a shim and is also quite fun to
    drain!!

    Beer can aluminum is pretty thin, about .004" or 0.1mm. It will take
    about 3 wraps to take up the 0.3mm radius difference.

    Dave Lehnen

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