Re: [CR]How do smart people fit a handlebar into a stem?

From: "Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org>
To: theonetrueBob@webtv.net (Bob Hanson)
Subject: Re: [CR]How do smart people fit a handlebar into a stem?
References: <15984-44F5E850-691@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:48:52 -0700
In-Reply-To: <15984-44F5E850-691@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net> (Bob Hanson's message of "Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:34:40 -0600")
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

theonetrueBob@webtv.net (Bob Hanson) writes:
> But, how did/do you finesse a completely cylindrical clamp section onto a
> handlebar with tighter curves or sharper angles?

In many cases you can remove the bolt and thread it "backwards," through the threaded section, and the use a penny to brace the bolt end (opposite the head) so that the bolt acts as an expander. Make sense?

Morgan, former bike shop rat -- Morgan Fletcher, morgan@hahaha.org Oakland, CA, USA