Great news. Nice to have that out of the way.
I’d suggest the 25.4 stem which will take a wide variety of bars and leave 
you the option of switching in the noodle anytime.
David

On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 4:54:08 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote:
>
> Terrific news, Sean.  I'm really glad that worked for you.  Good job!  
>
> On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 1:21:16 PM UTC-7, SeanMac wrote:
>>
>> Good news - my wedge is no longer stuck!
>>
>> At the suggestion of Bill (and implied by several others), I cut a board 
>> that would fit over the head tube.  I drilled a hole in the board that was 
>> large enough for the stem bolt.  Then I simply screwed the bolt into the 
>> wedge and kept screwing until the wedge "unstuck itself" and I could pull 
>> it right out of the head tube.  This was an easy solution to my problem, 
>> and certainly less work than pulling off the fenders, brakes, etc.
>>
>> The next step in the process for me is a new stem.  I will be placing an 
>> order from Rivendell today before the 6% off coupon expires.  I need to 
>> decide whether to order a 25.4 clamp to go with my albatross bars (which 
>> was the point of this little project) or to order a 26.0 clamp.  I have a 
>> sham to use the larger stem with my albatross bars.  Getting the bigger 
>> size also allows me to switch back to the noodles at some point if I decide 
>> that the albatross bars are not for me.  However, a 25.4 clamp size without 
>> a shim would be a better fit for the albatross bars.  What to do, what to 
>> do? 
>>
>> Thanks for all of the help with my stuck stem wedge.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>>

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