That Platypus got the jazziest stem treatment it’s ever had. And it had better act like it tomorrow! 🤣🤣🤣 I know that feeling. My Clem is the one bike I need ready at all times. Glad you got it sorted out!! You jazzed it up Franco Rinaldi c: 646.403.0661
-Pardon any typos, Siri typed this message- Update. I couldn’t stand the thought of leaving my bike like that until tomorrow. I went out to the garage, freshly showered, IN MY PAJAMAS and I attacked that stem with a shop towel and fresh lube. I pumped that stem up and down like Will said and tightened that bolt down good like John said. I raised the garage door for more light to line up the bars and wheel and respect the “max height” line on the stem. Of course several neighbors walked by and witnessed this spectacle but it doesn’t matter. I am a woman in possession of a broken Platypus, this is no time for decency. I came back into the garage and then I went after the sleeve with T9 and that little red straw it comes with on BOTH sides. I laid the Platypus down a mat and propped the brake lever with my tool bag. Now, the good news is that after the stem lubing, I didn’t hear that tick. Could be incidental. We will likely never know which intervention worked (if they work) because I did ALL of them tonight. But if I’m going out to the garage to get my hands dirty (just kidding! I wore gloves!) I might as well do all the things. Leah I remember reading somewhere that dripping some Loctite down into the sleeve and letting it dry will solve this issue for good. I built my wife’s Platypus with the Billie bar and have been lucky so far… On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 3:46:17 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote:
Leah
On all sleeved aluminum handlebars, the sleeve was at one time a separate part from the rest of the bar. That interface is not always totally perfect on every instance of every bar, and some can click click. It's case by case, and some people have never heard a sleeved bar tick. Some will be really proud about it: "I have seven sets of Noodles in my stable and they are ALL SILENT, harumph!" Some people who have had one ticking handlebar might overstate it with "Sleeved bars all do that! BLAH". Most mechanics of a certain age who pay attention have seen it from time to time. Give a shot of your T9 at that interface, where the bar-proper disappears into the sleeve. If that's the ticking you are hearing, that should quiet it down.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA
On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 1:40:46 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
On my raspberry Platypus I have aluminum Billie bars and a Nitto Technomic 12 cm stem from Riv. Maybe once a year in any of my bikes, I’ll get this irritating ticking in the bars. Years ago after trial and error, I found it was coming from where the stem clamps the bars. Put a little T9 on there and you’ll ride in blissful silence for another year or so. But this time, it is HORRID. A constant cacophony of ticking that nearly drove me wild during our 34 mile club ride today. If I grab the bar ends, I can make the sound happen. I have applied T9 twice, greased the bolt, unscrewed it and screwed it back in again…it’s still making the noise. If I go howling to the bike shop they will have mercy and help but before I do that, I’m coming to you all because you’ll know more about our type of bars. 1. Do these bars wear out? I can’t imagine that would be the case. The stem is maybe a year old and the bars maybe 3 years.
2. Has this ever happened to you? How did you fix it?
3. Would a faceplater stem fix this issue? If I thought it would, I’d get one and learn how to properly torque that sucker.
4. I can’t get the bars to move on me, if that’s what you’re wondering. I can stand and put weight on them and they don’t obviously slip.
Thanks for your help! Leah
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