I hope every time I say something ambiguous it doesn't make somebody shove his or her head up there. I'd feel even worse. I'm not NITTO spokesman, just a customer, but I've been there 20 times or more (usually when I worked at Bstone) and I know the deal there, and before NITTO'd come up with a list, they'd have to test all those stems, and it would be exhausting and 'thpenthive and -- I can't see that happening. Their point is just that as bars get wider they impose more leverage on the stem, and == like that.
On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 11:53 AM John Phillips <w00lyb3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Grant, I probably have my head up my butt, but I don't think that last > post meant what you think it meant. > > Erik was writing about a new NITTO-made drop bar, and was not criticizing > or distorting what you had previously said about wide non-NITTO-made drop > bars. On the other hand, it would be more-than-very-helpful if Crust & > NITTO specified what kind of stems should be, and what stems should NOT be, > used with this new NITTO-Crust collaboration drop bar, especially if the > rider is running a bike bag on single track. > > But then again, I probably have my head up my butt: it is awfully dark & > lonely in here. > > John > > On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 7:55:33 PM UTC-7, Grant @ Rivendell wrote: >> >> NITTO sez the wider bars mean the stem wll brake first, and they'd rather >> the bar breaks first. We asked. We lead the way w ith 46cm, then 48cm. We >> asked for (and got a prototype of) a 51cm, but that turned out to be a >> stem-braker. It's cool that other makers do it, but we're sticking with >> ultra-conservative NITTO. THere is probably a combo that "works"--31.8 >> clamp? CrMo stem? But we're not gonna be the ones to beg NITTO to lower its >> standards, and please, no need to turn that around and say Grant says the >> wider bars are dangerous or irresponsible. That's not what's going on, I'm >> just saying why NItto, at this point, won't. THanks. >> G >> >> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 1:47 PM Erik Wright <erik....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm guessing many of y'all have seen this: >>> https://crustbikes.com/products/nitto-x-crust-2/ >>> >>> Lots of folks were mentioning the Towel Rack bar in this thread (26.0 >>> clamp, very wide, not made by Nitto), and this new Crust/Nitto collab looks >>> to be a middle ground between a Noodle and the Towel Rack. These bars have >>> a 31.8 clamp, and maybe that's how they're able to meet the rigorous >>> requirements that Grant outlined. >>> >>> Erik, Philly >>> >>> On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 4:55:10 PM UTC-4, ctifusion wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm sure the 666mm Crust bars are way too wide for most, but I love >>>> them. And they don't really make them anyway, I was just in the right place >>>> when they brought out the one run. I keep waiting for someone to put a wide >>>> drop bar into production. >>>> >>>> I think a 58 Noodle would be a huge hit for a lot of riders. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> Brynnar >>>> Indy >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/Ob4US_07qMI/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dee02569-2c51-4487-ac18-bacdfaa1d857%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dee02569-2c51-4487-ac18-bacdfaa1d857%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/Ob4US_07qMI/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/48450414-9e92-478f-8414-0c3eca425d4a%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/48450414-9e92-478f-8414-0c3eca425d4a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHn%3Dv4wAySuagp45aei5rDb623njs%2BJbTthn92zSvfmKXYp-Tg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
