Thanks Jay! Glad to hear the bolts of the F5 Titan stem held up to rough use. I too am contemplating a Jones bar, and that was the only thing holding me back.
On Monday, October 23, 2017 at 3:51:39 AM UTC-7, Jay Connolly wrote: > > Benz, the Joe has been that way for a couple of months. I used a drop bar > for a while but have enjoyed the bike much more with the Jones. I use the > bike as a hauler at our cottage. Lots of bad pavement on narrow roads, with > bail-out roadside trails for when the traffic is heavy, so the bike takes > lots of knocks. It also has me yanking and pushing on the bars when I > stand, and I’m a super-duper Clyde. I had the same initial reaction as you > to the two-bolt system but have had no issues. I bought the Joe to be my > touring bike, but life got in the way of a planned tour last summer. Will > definitely tour with the Jones bar. > > On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 10:13:33 PM UTC-7, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA > wrote: > > Hi Jay, if you don't mind me asking, how long have you had that setup > and what kind of riding do you do? I'm asking as I bought that 31.8mm clamp > quill stem, but realized thereafter that they use two M4 bolts to clamp the > handlebar. That's a bit tiny compared to the normal Nitto stuff. Do you > find that sturdy enough (i.e., slip-free)? > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
