Booth,

Thank you for adding yur two cents.

It sounds like we may be in nearly the same boat. Depending on the resolution, whether satisfactory or not, we may need to drown our sorrows/regrets. If so, I propose hoisting a cold one in unison at a specified time.

However, I hope you have better experience with that stem than I have so far. An oversize bar will have more surface in contact with the clamp. This will increase the force required to cause a slip. This may be greater than you can apply to your bar when it is clamped in the stem. I think this stem will work better on an aluminum bar than on a carbon bar because you are not so limited in applying torque on the clamping bolts.

My shop called Easton this morning and Easton recommended "scuffing" up the surface of the carbon bar in the clamp area with sand paper to increase the friction between the bar and stem clamp surfaces. I'll test this procedure and go for a ride tomorrow and report back to the group.

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Ben Cline


Better to aspire to Greatness and fail, than to not challenge one's self at all, and succeed.