View Poll Results: Would you choose 28.6mm handlebars & stems
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Would you go for 28.6mm bars for aesthetic reasons?
01-18-21, 06:07 PM
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Size has nothing really to do with performance. Though one could say yes a 35.0 bar is a bit stiffer and could potentially be lighter by using thinner tubes so it could improve performance but the modern standard 31.8 has a ton of stems in different sizes and lengths and even various sprung and elastomer based options and also some different colors and plenty of different materials. Not to mention a ton of great bars out there and there are also plenty of shims if you want to run a 26.0 or 25.4 bar or you can just use the proper stem which are still fairly easy to find if need be just with fewer new options.
Anyone proposing a new standard is clearly flatlining as there is nothing at all that a really odd size is going to bring to the party and I can assure anyone that a few mm here and there is not really going to make anything look noticeably better. If you had a finger on the pulse nobody really needs anything more than what we have and some would even say 35.0 is silly.
01-18-21, 10:47 PM
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01-19-21, 11:22 AM
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Honestly aside from the maybe brashness of the post do you really want another new standard that doesn't improve anything and makes it even more difficult. I know you likely posted that as a moderator of the forum but do we really need more than 22.2, 25.4, 26.0, 31.8 and 35.0 (and I guess Deda's cheeky 31.7)? Do you really want to have to deal with that? Can't we just invent another press fit bottom bracket to satisfy 
01-19-21, 11:31 AM
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I think that being concerned about aesthetics of 99.9% of non-mountain bikes with threadless steerers is a waste of energy.
Stems with those bolt-ears hanging out in the air are too ugly for anything else to matter.
The only reason 25.4/26.0 looks small is because your steerer and stem are obnoxiously bloated.
Stems with those bolt-ears hanging out in the air are too ugly for anything else to matter.
The only reason 25.4/26.0 looks small is because your steerer and stem are obnoxiously bloated.
