Below is the shim installed on a set of first generation of Easton EC90 bars. It looks great next to the Nitto stem and reliably holds the Bar Fly in place.
More photos of the Connoisseur are on Flickr.
Monday, June 09, 2014
Bar Fly Shim for 26.0 Handlebar
A while back I bought a white Tate Labs Bar Fly for my Fuji Connoisseur retro-ish road bike. The Bar Fly isn't available for a 26.0 bar, which is what I have mated to the Nitto Dynamic quill stem. I was using a shim made from a Bud Light can held on with electrical tape. It worked ok, but slid when it got warm and recently just gave up on life. Luckily for me, I have a friend in the machine shop at work who is also a cyclist. Armed with a CAD drawing, I headed downstairs to beg for a shim. A day later I had this in my hands:
Below is the shim installed on a set of first generation of Easton EC90 bars. It looks great next to the Nitto stem and reliably holds the Bar Fly in place.
More photos of the Connoisseur are on Flickr.
Below is the shim installed on a set of first generation of Easton EC90 bars. It looks great next to the Nitto stem and reliably holds the Bar Fly in place.
More photos of the Connoisseur are on Flickr.
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