• A little late but I just wanted to add this to the 26mm bar in the 25.4mm stem clamp debate,

    This is 26mm Nitto RB018 that was in a Sakae 25.4mm stem for over a year, the dark area is where the stem clamped the bar and the pinched area you see (I hope it's clear enough) is where the gap in the stem was. As you can hopefully see the bars were squeezed over time and pinched where there was space. They didn't break but still another good reason for the whole correct bar size for the stem and vice versa reply.

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