I have the extra tall Nitto stem with 50 mm reach. SomaFab makes it, Riv got it for and sold it to me and I love it. Everything seemed fine and then I gave my Clementine that major makeover I’ve gone on about on a separate thread. While I was lightening my bike I decided I should swap the cromo 55 Boscos for 52 aluminum Boscos. And those I love as well - they are perfect for me.
However, I noticed I’ve developed a strange ticking in the bars. Yes, it’s definitely from there, but what is NOT clear is if it’s the stem or the new Boscos. I took a video tonight, and you can hear the sound. It happens randomly, regardless of whether or not I’m pushing on my bars, but I can *also* create the ticking by jostling the bars. I’ll include a video where you can hear it in the next post. Anyway, let’s talk about the stem first. Two things: 1. When I slid my new aluminum Boscos into the clamp on my stem and went to tighten the bolt, the bolt felt “stripped.” Which it could not possibly be, and which I had never experienced before (I installed the 55 cromo bars with no issue). Opposite the bolt is a nut that requires you to stabilize it with a wrench while you use your hex key to tighten the clamp onto your bars. Weird. 2. Can the ticking sound be because the stem is used to the cromo bar that was installed prior, and now it won’t play well with another bar? Bars. 1. The aluminum bars have a sheath in the middle, where the clamp goes. Could the sheath have something to do with the ticking sounds? I have heard Nitto has QC issues. Could that be what I’m experiencing? Videos and link to the stem in next post. One day, maybe I’ll get my bike problems solved. Oh, how you all long for that day! Sorry! And thanks, Leah -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ca3e3a92-215f-4acf-8a8c-1aba76f890abo%40googlegroups.com.
