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Prodigal Son:
That is lame. If you're going to make a stem specifically for those bars...

Spev:
The argument made that as bars have become larger/taller there is more leverage and therefore more chance of slipping. A 1" Ø clamp area has more surface area and would be less likely to slip. Obviously changing industry standards is a massive hurdle, it has been done before with steerer tubes. I guess time will tell.

badlight:

--- Quote from: Bunky on December 09, 2015, 09:57:19 AM ---
I was really bummed that they didn't stay 1 inch. 

--- End quote ---

Same. I dont have a problem with bars slipping, but I do have a sickness for the thickness.

montymitch:
Engineers correct me if I'm wrong, but to me the 1" clamp area seems like a great idea.I'm not terribly hard on my parts, but deformed clamp areas and slipping stems are something I still deal with. As bars get taller and more leverage is applied to the stem, going up to 1" just makes sense.
I had a pair of 1" Strip bars with the 1" grip tubes but the clamp area was  the standard 7/8" which was odd. Diatech made some 1" brake levers--Tech 99 I believe, or you could run filed out Tech 77s.

streetStreet:

--- Quote from: badlight on December 09, 2015, 03:44:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bunky on December 09, 2015, 09:57:19 AM ---
I was really bummed that they didn't stay 1 inch. 

--- End quote ---

Same. I dont have a problem with bars slipping, but I do have a sickness for the thickness.

--- End quote ---

Quoted cause there aint no girls here.

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