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 -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
