Patrick, For what it's worth, I have used and/or am still using about a half dozen of the old Ritchey Force stems which, as Kieran noted, are similar to this stem in that they have no removable face plate AND have a broader, squared-off, mtb style clamp area (as opposed to the road/drop bar style with the clipped bottom corners). And some old steel salsa stems too, which have a similar shape clamp area.
I've been able to fit pretty much any handlebar I want into them, *including* some drop bars with some pretty drastic/sharp curves. The trickiest was a Salsa Woodchipper, but Albatross, Bosco and Moustache bars are no problem whatsoever. The nice thing about a steel stem is that you can spread the clamp further, more easily, and with less risk of damage than you can a forged stem. I'm sure there's a limit and you need to be prudent, but I can't imagine an exisiting 25.4 bar that couldn't work. I'm sure you know the reverse-the-bolt-and-stick-a-coin-in-the-gap trick for spreading. Obviously it's not as quick to change stems as it is if you have a removable plate, but I'm guessing there won't be much experimenting and fine-tuning going on anyway. This stem fills a HUGE void in the marketplace but will either work or it won't. Unless they offer multiple extension lengths or rise angles? Barring that, I really like the classic look of the single bolt, and can't wait until the stem is available. On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 10:18:10 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > High rise with 25.4 mm clamp; looks promising. But puh *leeze* make the > clamp with a removable face plate! > > The larger Grabsack also looks good, but alas it is designed for a 13" > laptop, not the 15" I have. They should add a waist strap, too. > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities > revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
