Handlebar Alignment Off?

[s4one]

Just got my Carve SL 29, really enjoying the bike but am still waiting on other cogs, 20x32 is a bit too soft.

When I took my bike into the LBS to change the grips, my mechanic noticed that the handlebars stem alignment is off. I attached some photos. So the 35cm should mark the middle but the photo shows that it is clearly off a little. Stock bars are 700mm.

The photos are a bit blurry and hard to see but it is just to give an idea of how it was measured. I just hope it is the paint and has nothing to do with the bar itself.

What do you guys think?

[phlegm]

Don't need the measuring tape to see it is off center a bit: the setup indicator (red grid seen through the stem) seems off - at least on that photo.

[s4one]

Are you comparing the grid from the red side markers? If that is the case, you right. I didn't notice that as well. I figure that the whole layout is off so I'll go with the measuring tape.

[propguy]

Center it up! Forget about the silk-screened grid, etc. It could have been applied off a little (made in China).

[cj.29er]

i remember my first time using an alan wrench too.

[s4one]

Confirmed! Yea, I measured the stem to the end of the bars and they measure 33cm both sides.

Thanks!

[Mazukea]

i remember my first time using an alan wrench too.

not cool dude.

Learn the proper name of a tool before trying to mock someone else.....otherwise you end up looking like one.

Allen wrench.

[cj.29er]

not cool dude.

Learn the proper name of a tool before trying to mock someone else.....otherwise you end up looking like one.

Allen wrench.

Lulz! My bad. I've been drinking

I agree, my comment was uncool. I suggested that the bar be adjusted and it turns out that it's already trued-up and the culprit is the off-center painted grid. I'm such an *******....

[dv8xin]

The stickers are not perfectly aligned at the factory for some cheap bars. I learned that too. Busting out the tape measure it the way to go if you demand symmetrical fit, but note that your body isn't symmetrical either and it can adapt.

[Mazukea]

Lulz! My bad. I've been drinking

I agree, my comment was uncool. I suggested that the bar be adjusted and it turns out that it's already trued-up and the culprit is the off-center painted grid. I'm such an *******....

haha!

You're not an @ssH0le.

[ibbo]

not cool dude.

Learn the proper name of a tool before trying to mock someone else.....otherwise you end up looking like one.

Allen wrench.

Allen Key