Billie bars have a ton of leverage, so they are better suited to 4-bolt clamp stems like the fillet faceplater, or Blue Lug / Nitto Power stem. But they'll work with a Tallux/Technomic too, just requires either pushing the recommended torque a bit further, or using carbon paste at the interface. I find you can really crank that bolt down without it stripping!
On Saturday, 14 May 2022 at 08:20:56 UTC-7 Garth wrote: > Assuming a proper fit for bar and stem, it's fairly common here. Many > posts about it. No, it's not the brakes. > > Grease the fixing bolt and use a longer lever wrench of your choice to fix > the bolt in place, like 8+ inches. Long levers make everything easier to > apply torque. Anti friction paste helps for some. > > > > On Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 9:42:29 AM UTC-4 Rod Holland wrote: > >> Last year, I bought one of the Web Specials, an Appaloosa set up with a >> 1x10 drivetrain, Rene Herse Fleecer Ridge Endurance tires, v brakes, and >> Billie bars. This arrived during our New England winter, and final assembly >> and first rides happened in January, during a break in the weather, after >> which the bike sat in the basement, at the end of of various queues, until >> yesterday, when I put it on the road, starting with a 25-mile mixed surface >> ride. >> [image: PXL_20220513_201728684.MP.jpg] >> >> The bike is set up for an upright riding posture, a bit of a departure >> for me. A bit more than halfway through the ride, I had to stop and >> dismount a little abruptly, and the Billie bars slipped in the Technomic >> stem, settling (apparently quite securely) into a roughly 45 ° angle. >> [image: PXL_20220513_211233095.jpg] >> >> I had just been speculating about how they might ride with a bit of >> downward deflection, so I got a chuckle out of that, and proceeded to ride >> towards home in a more aero posture. >> [image: PXL_20220513_211904103.jpg] >> >> I stopped in at my LBS, and they were good enough to restore the bars to >> their intended position on the spot. All went well until a block before my >> house, when, during braking, the bars slipped back to their previous droopy >> position. >> >> I'll be taking the bike back in to the LBS next week. Question: has >> anyone else encountered this "self-adjusting" behavior with Billie bars in >> a Technomic stem? If so, what caused it? What cured it? >> >> V brakes are one of the elements of novelty to me in this build, and I've >> been trying to apply them gently, but suspect that in each case above my >> braking created a transient inertial load on the handlebars. >> >> rod >> >> Eastern Massachusetts >> >> >> -- 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/33b0d948-1e1a-4aa3-8fa6-3fedc1fbefc6n%40googlegroups.com.
