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handlebar < shim < stem

  • 13-06-2010 3:21pm
    #1
    uberwolf
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    coke can do the trick neatly for me? or has anyone seen these from an Irish / UK supplier?

    I'd nearly prefer rubber for better illusion of grip


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  • #2
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    chainreactioncycles have them, been thinkin about it too as I've a 26mm clamp quill stem and finding it difficult to get 44/46" bars for cheap.

    Ive got a lovely dutch gold shim for my seat post but wouldnt like the same for a handlebar


  • #3
    uberwolf
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    all I'd found on CRC was seat post shims - which seem to revel in being longer.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Categories.aspx?CategoryID=215

    although, that's the road I may go down. I've to figure out the size of the two pieces now...


  • #4
    cdaly_
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    I'd say rubber is not the way to go as it will allow the bars to rotate / vibrate. Coke can tightened enough should be fine...


  • #5
    Morgan
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    http://hubjub.co.uk/nitto/nitto.htm


  • #6
    uberwolf
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    cdaly_ wrote: »
    I'd say rubber is not the way to go as it will allow the bars to rotate / vibrate. Coke can tightened enough should be fine...

    yeah, it's this word should which worries me. Seatpost - fine. derailleur (as I had on my old winter bike) - fine. But is this somewhere that a new stem would be the wise decision?


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  • #7
    cdaly_
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    should
    Indeed. All I can add is that my clip-on aerobars use metal shims and happily resist twisting forces while I have used home-made rubber shims to mount my cross-levers (no twisting there).

    If you mount them using a coke shim, sit on the bike and pull up/down hard on hoods and see can you budge them...


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