26 bar in 25.4 stem? Look away Now.

[bikeworkshop]

Ooof.
They managed to gouge the bars into untrustworthium too

 

[rikster]

Did that happen during installation or out on the road?

 

[bikeworkshop]

I'll try to ask when he comes back in

 

[Lucidone]

Looking at the fixing counterbore they've likely been riding it just on the bolt since 1987 but that's finally got a bit too baggy

 

[juvela]

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I'll try to ask when he comes back in

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...please lettuce know the amount of plaster being worn...


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[bagpuss]

Ouch

 

[bikeworkshop]

We didn't get time to get the story, but he didn't mind the huge gouge on the handlebars so I imagine he has a high class guardian angel

 

[Frankenorange]

Tis but a scratch!

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Natural selection for Darwin awards

 

[bikeworkshop]

Natural selection for Darwin awards

He survived - ready to further enrich humanity's gene pool.

And without paying a further £15 for us to replace his groovy old bars with seriously ungroovy ones!