Maybe they ride mostly on the top and so grips are more practical, as the cloth will suffer from sweat/dirt etc? it does seem nutz to have left that stem on there!
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Maybe they ride mostly on the top and so grips are more practical, as the cloth will suffer from sweat/dirt etc? it does seem nutz to have left that stem on there!