It is and I will. Thanks! On Monday, June 7, 2021 at 10:52:31 PM UTC-4 row.n.2...@gmail.com wrote:
> If it's a NITTO stem tell LBS to torque the clamp bolt to 14- 16 Nm or 120 > -140 inch pounds.. Important!!! They should know that. > That will ensure it won't creak when pulling on bars or when standing > while pedaling. > I always clean shims and bar at contact points with isopropyl alcohol > before assembly. > Nothing more annoying than having a squeaky handlebar. > Jon > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 7:56 PM REC <rcha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you all. >> I have two metal shims, so will probably take it to lbs. >> >> >> On Jun 7, 2021, at 9:06 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Email sent to you. I'ma need a close-up pic where the bar goes into the >> stem to be sure what we're dealing with here. >> >> >> >> On Monday, June 7, 2021 at 5:37:35 PM UTC-7 Roberta wrote: >> >>> Joe, >>> >>> Are you sure? Your original response got me dialing my LBS. >>> >>> Now I'm nervous again. With Candice and James @analog we tried so many >>> stem/ handlebar combinations and settled on the nice high stem that I >>> purchased while I was there. I wanted to try the Albas first, so I left >>> with them on the stem. But, they don't come back far enough. It looks >>> like metal shims stem with Albatross. I think the Billies will be perfect, >>> but I don't want to mess up. >>> >>> Roberta >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, June 7, 2021 at 8:26:15 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>>> Wait, false alarm. I've seen that bar and stem on your bike, there's a >>>> shim there that comes with the bar and doesn't separate..that section is >>>> the 25.4 measurement. I don't think you have a separate loose shim, your >>>> Billie should slide right in there no problem. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, June 7, 2021 at 4:24:59 PM UTC-7 Roberta wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm going to swap the Albatross bar for the Billie bar on my Platypus >>>>> tonight (hopefully). I have a Nitto XL Technomic 100mm stem and there >>>>> is >>>>> a shim under my Albatross. Do I reuse the shim for the Billie Bar? I >>>>> think so. Will having the shim make it harder for me to do this by >>>>> myself? If so, I could take this to LBS. >>>>> >>>>> I got this information from Riv's website: >>>>> >>>>> Nitto Albatross, 55cm x 25.4 >>>>> Nitto Billie Bar 580 x 25.4 (RBW-31) >>>>> >>>>> This is the biggest job I'll have done myself and don't want to goof. >>>>> >>>>> Well, I'm off to tilt the saddle. That I know how to do! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Roberta >>>>> >>>> -- >> 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/KpeHcS49hrA/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/10dd9c13-31a0-4fe2-8262-b4bb8e7e1808n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/10dd9c13-31a0-4fe2-8262-b4bb8e7e1808n%40googlegroups.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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7B47611E-A6BC-42CC-B3EE-3A7F741426C5%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7B47611E-A6BC-42CC-B3EE-3A7F741426C5%40gmail.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/04c37545-7685-4b2a-b11e-a8554f32eb4fn%40googlegroups.com.
