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Because gaining stiffness in the bar is a little pointless with a quill stem?
Because they're exceptionally ugly?
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It's not about stiffness (at least it wouldn't be for me) - it's the fact that there are way more 31.8mm bars out there. If you've got an old 1" steerer frame and a bunch of 31.8mm bars it's an obvious solution. And it might be exceptionally ugly but it looks better than a 1" -> 1" 1/8 quill to ahead adapter I think
frankenbike
How come they don't make quill stems with 31.8mm clamps?