Originally Posted by
rjones28
Also, make sure the spacer situation doesn't need to change. The new stem likely had a different stack height than the old one.
(The new stem was on the Ritchey, which has a threaded headset and so a quill stem. There, the problem was the old one of threading the bar through the clamp. That's what I loved about that Salsa stem - it had a separate, 2-bolt clamp, which is rare for a quill.)