Those are just new "features" on your beautiful Paul levers and Spank pedals. Now they really are one of a kind! Doug Sarcastic in Athens Ga
On Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 10:58:29 AM UTC-4 John Hawrylak, Woodstown NJ wrote: > Leah > > Good recap. I would RAISE the stem 20mm to 30mm to ensure it is NOT > contacting the butted section of the steerer tube. Your ticing seem to > occur with 'slammed' stems and the stem wedge in the butted section may be > the cause of the ticing > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > On Monday, October 14, 2024 at 8:17:28 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> Alright. >> >> Let’s recap. >> >> Leah hears tics in the bars. Sounds like bar/stem interface. Lubes around >> the sleeve, in the interface, re-lubes the stem inside the steerer. Goes on >> ride, tics come back. Bike shop tries, doesn’t find source but tightens >> loose headset, sends bike home with me. Tics come back. I decide to change >> one thing at a time to get to the source. I pull Tallux stem, put in >> Technomic extra-tall 280 mm stem. Seems quiet. BUT, the stem is slammed, >> and the wedge is hitting into the steerer tube. I find out this is A Bad >> Thing, and I order a Nitto Faceplater stem, a 135/225. Will gets word from >> Nitto that we should NOT use lube in/around the sleeve. We should put Krazy >> Glue in that channel in the sleeve of the bar. >> >> Today, I take bike and new stem too the dreamy mechanic at the shop. He >> reevaluates headset and it looks great. He tries to pull the Technomic >> and…it is STUCK. He gets it out, puts adhesive in sleeve, gets stem and bar >> set up and now I have the bike. >> >> I have learned a few things here, and the most valuable is that you can’t >> just have stems whatever willy nilly way you want. Too high and you can >> deform stuff because the wedge isn’t far enough in the head tube. Too low >> and your wedge can’t get purchase on the narrowing steel walls. Too low can >> also get you stuck. >> >> I work the next couple of days but am hoping to get some miles in and >> listen for tics. I don’t know if I like the new Faceplater stem yet. The >> angle is new, the height is more than I anticipated. The 90-190 is out of >> stock but that might be the winner for this bike. I am back in the >> hand-wringing and angstiness. Because when I change something major on my >> bike it’s a small crisis. “It won’t be the saaammmme” and other such >> whininess. >> >> But to keep me from totally despairing over THAT bike, I decided to mar >> the beauty of the purple Platypus. Please enjoy this lovely fall photo, >> where I had lifted my Platypus up onto the curb, next to this brilliant >> orange oak: >> >> [image: image0.jpeg] >> >> And you know what happened next. >> [image: image1.jpeg][image: image2.jpeg] >> >> Don’t worry, those are just custom anodized Paul levers and Spank Oozy >> pedals. 😱 >> >> Thank you to everyone who has been trying to hard to help this hopeless >> case, which is me. I am learning a lot here. I am also learning that I am >> dangerous to my bikes…but I keep trying. >> Leah >> >> >> >> On Oct 10, 2024, at 6:07 PM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> I forgot to add that I’ve successfully cut stem quills with a cheap >> electric jigsaw and, indeed, with a plain hacksaw, fine-tuning the angle of >> the clamp shoulder with a coarse file. >> >> 30 years ago Salsa used to make custom quill stems for affordable prices; >> I ordered at least 2. Can moderately priced custom quill stems still be >> found? >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> … I realize that this is easier to do with a clamp-on stem than with a >>> quill stem, since clamp-ons are reversable top/bottom. >>> >> -- >> >> 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/uU_ZxeE0Pag/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgse5Tv-t1ozuW2VKWWoia0_ZujRODzj6oMOeV2ieYEDmw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgse5Tv-t1ozuW2VKWWoia0_ZujRODzj6oMOeV2ieYEDmw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- 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/e1ebdfcb-3f33-4307-8121-40005e26888en%40googlegroups.com.
