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Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer.

Stop with the trolling. Bah. Noobs get a bloody hard time here.

Not a silly question when there seems nowt wrong with the stem, wedge, bolt, etc etc.

I'm no bike mechanic :(

bolt could be stripped take it out and look at the threads

Just looked bolt fine, no stripping

Change it (the thing) to not the old before or swap it (that) around for different.

eh?

You mean use the wedge from the old stem? Or?

It's an Ultegra quill stem.

You have to use a long allen key to tighten the bolt within the stem, so it's not easy to put a lot of torque into it.
So i'm tightening as much as i can, no spinning at all, not stuck seems to work perfectly except not tightening enough.
I can move bars adrift from alignment with the wheel with a small amount of force after tightening it as hard as possible.

I've just fitted new bars which needed a 26mm stem [my old one was 25.4mm];

I purchased a 2nd hand one off the 'Bay, fitted everything, but stem won't tighten fully so it still moves about slightly. Arghhhh!

What am I doing wrong if anything?

@ Rosmal, Provenrad and El Squire

Thanks for all the helpful advice, will endeavour to come to the next drinks, be good to see some more fg in the flesh anyway.

Sorry couldn't resist. ha!
Bullhorns or riser bars or flat bars (with barends?) Have a look through the names/faces to bikes thread for ideas. It is an individual preference as anyone who has a couple of failed experiments hanging from the wall will tell you. Width should be about your shoulders, though narrower is popular. (http://www.londonfgss.com/thread3370.html)

haha indeed :) There is much trolling of newbies, i seem to have come off lightly so far...

I have seen many v narrow bars, the guys riding them seem to think they look cool, not honestly that bothered as long as I can nip thru traffic easy enuf.

There seems to be a backlash against risers amongst many on this site, made for amusing reading at least, opinion on bullhorns/ pursuits seems divided. Seems like a darned expensive way of finding a comfy riding position.

Anyone selling fairly narrow [i am a med size woman] bullhorns/ risers/ flats/ noodle nittos/ etc for me to try out? My current drops are a 42

@ deluka

wtf?
I said I was not keen on the whole upright experience, but maybe not this far...

@Deluka
I'd call bullhorns most comfortable IMO,
like the kind you get on a charge plug,
and i would suggest them for you since your not liking the upright position.

Other than that you could just get some MTB risers.

Lotsa variations of different handlebars, you just need to try them out and see what your most comfortable with.

How do I do that without spending a packet? Do u know of a good shop which would be willing for me to trial some?

There seem to be many variants and shapes/ different angled bullhorns/ pursuits/ drops. How do I find out about the facts to this shizzle?

Like the nitto bullhorns, there seem to be at least 3 variants of similar shape. Arghhh. I don't do too many choices

Some kind person put an invite to the bridges ride and a link to this site in my pedals on Friday, couldn't make the ride, but am now a newbie, want some advice on handle bars.

I've done a search on this site, but want more advice on different types of bars as there seems to be a multitude of them on offer and I'm bewildered... doesn't take much tho tbh ;) as an ex-mb-er used to straight-ish bars.

Had my fg about 2 months now, got standard drops as bought off guy who used any old parts to make it run... hate them with a passion, make my hands ache, feel like i'm sat too upright if on the v small flat area, and awkward on the slopes and can't deal with the drops at all. Rubbish to pull on etc etc

Any ideas?

ta

I got an invite in my pedals today. Very romantic but unable to attend as too short notice.
How long[ish] before the next one?