Stem spacers spinning
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exactly. point proven for me.
thankyou.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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The only way this can happen is if the steerer was not cut short enough.elbowloh said:It's also to prevent crushing/fraying the carbon at the top of the steerer.
Shoddy workmanship.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
I like the look of a spacer above the stem - it serves a purpose and i like form to follow function on a bike.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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I could buy the 'steerer might get crushed' arguement around not having a spacer above the stem, if the top of the steerer wasn't filled with an expander plug which is applying outward pressure in all directions.0
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lesfirth said:
FFS How long is this going on for? Anyone with half a brain who has never seen a bike before could have sorted this basic bike problem in a few minuets. Anyone without half a brain could have found out what to do on you tube even quicker.
I just hope nobody with a rocket problem contacts this forum.
Very constructive, thanks for helping the OP.
You do know what forums are for I take it?0 -
Hope not because I'm at work and I don't give out my mobile number very often.ibr17xvii said:MattFalle said:Geraint Thomas also has spacers under his stem and look at how he falls of basically every day.......
He also won the TDF.
I'm sure Ineos Grenadiers will be on the phone to you shortly about improving his setup.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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it doesn't really serve a purpose though, does it as agreed above?DeVlaeminck said:I like the look of a spacer above the stem - it serves a purpose and i like form to follow function on a bike.
it could be construed as unnecessary clutter bowing to poor worksmanship, destroying smooth lines and detracting from form, adding unrequired complexity and, in today's marginal gains world, one may say weight, albeit it a few grammes.
dump the spacer
level flat top cap
slam
be boonen..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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MattFalle said:
Hope not because I'm at work and I don't give out my mobile number very often.ibr17xvii said:MattFalle said:Geraint Thomas also has spacers under his stem and look at how he falls of basically every day.......
He also won the TDF.
I'm sure Ineos Grenadiers will be on the phone to you shortly about improving his setup.
I'm sure you could give it out on this occasion.
If a Grand Tour winner asks for your help it's your duty to do so.
After all they do ride rim brakes.0 -
nah. not that lot. they're just not very cool. well, not cool at all. totally untranquillo tbh.ibr17xvii said:MattFalle said:
Hope not because I'm at work and I don't give out my mobile number very often.ibr17xvii said:MattFalle said:Geraint Thomas also has spacers under his stem and look at how he falls of basically every day.......
He also won the TDF.
I'm sure Ineos Grenadiers will be on the phone to you shortly about improving his setup.
I'm sure you could give it out on this occasion.
If a Grand Tour winner asks for your help it's your duty to do so.
After all they do ride rim brakes..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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MattFalle said:
nah. not that lot. they're just not very cool. well, not cool at all. totally untranquillo tbh.ibr17xvii said:MattFalle said:
Hope not because I'm at work and I don't give out my mobile number very often.ibr17xvii said:MattFalle said:Geraint Thomas also has spacers under his stem and look at how he falls of basically every day.......
He also won the TDF.
I'm sure Ineos Grenadiers will be on the phone to you shortly about improving his setup.
I'm sure you could give it out on this occasion.
If a Grand Tour winner asks for your help it's your duty to do so.
After all they do ride rim brakes.
They ride DA rim brakes though?
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Point taken. That bottle of Australian red must have made me a bit less tolerant than I usually am.ibr17xvii said:lesfirth said:FFS How long is this going on for? Anyone with half a brain who has never seen a bike before could have sorted this basic bike problem in a few minuets. Anyone without half a brain could have found out what to do on you tube even quicker.
I just hope nobody with a rocket problem contacts this forum.
Very constructive, thanks for helping the OP.
You do know what forums are for I take it?
OP, A picture is worth a thousand words, and a bit of video is worth ten thousand. You tube will tell you how to sort bike problems far better than this forum.0 -
thanks for all the help guys and Les
. So it looks like as mentioned earlier on in the thread compression bung was actually loose and had pulled up above the steerer, I pushed it down so is now sitting on top of the steerer tube it cannot go inside of the steerer as it is the same diameter of the steerer going from outer edge to outer edge hopefully that is okay as I have seen some example in videos where the compression bung can slide into the tube.
Did not need an extra spacer in the end and I could actually get rid of one, after pushing down the bung. I tightened the bung to 7NM could not find anywhere which gave the specific torque required but seen people recommending between 6 and 8 Nm 6 tried it with 6 first and barely had any tension on it. Anyways everything seems to to be good now just need to test it out but hopefully that is it fixed !5 -
Well done, glad it all worked out. Thanks for the update.0
