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Nope the clamp did grip the bars tight. Just the clamp bolt was no way near as threaded through (when tight on bars) as my other, supposedly identical, set up.
That got me spooked the stem clamp dia was too small, along with the fact I had to twist and turn that mofo to get it over the clamp bulge on the bars! But if it clamps, use it you reckon? I've read using 26 bars and 25.4 stem (a) shouldn't be possible without the heretical inverse shim (b) if you can get the bars on the clamp then potential stress could cause face plant to concrete in the future..