I think you need more shim, soda can? On May 2, 5:08 pm, Bill Rhea <billr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks for mentioning this Jeremy, but yup indeed, I've got a Nitto > shim in there to drop the clamp diameter down to 25.4mm. > > I wonder if anybody has a trick o' the trade? The bar, stem, shims > and clamp are devoid of grease (though the binder bolt has been > greased liberally). > > -br > > On May 2, 1:18 pm, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This may be obvious enough that you neglected to mention it, but do > > you have a shim in the bar clamp, since the lugged stem is 26.0 and > > Albatrosses are 25.4? > > > On May 2, 12:14 pm, Bill Rhea <billr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I spent some time on favorite trails yesterday and snapped a few cell > > > phone cam photos of my 62cm Hunqa: > > > >https://picasaweb.google.com/115167041841412610078/HunqapillarInTheHi... > > > > I really like the Albatross bar set up on this bike. Being able to > > > lean back a bit when descending lends confidence, I think, and I like > > > touring with this kind of bar. However, I've got a vexing issue: No > > > matter how hard I cinch the binder bolt on the lugged stem, the bars > > > will still move a bit when going through rough spots at speed. Does > > > anybody have any suggestions to help sure this up? I replaced the > > > stock binder bolt with a higher-tensile strenght variety, but still > > > have snapped a few trying to get sufficient bind on the bar.... > > > > I found that I have to angle the grip ends of the bar downward > > > somewhat in order to keep my hands from slipping forward on the bars > > > on steep, rough trails, but the amount of downward slant you see in > > > the photos is after slipping somewhat and is a bit more than I like. > > > Frankly, I'm getting a little paranoid about that little binder bolt > > > failing on me at an inopportune moment.... > > > > I had really good luck with 'trosses on my old XO-1 and have toured > > > with them plenty, but that's with a mountain-bikey stem with a bit > > > wider, 25.4 clamp. Also, those bars I never have angled down so much > > > because it never really got much use as a mountain bike. > > > > Shmaybe I'm pushing these bars a bit much for a big (210 lb.), lay-off- > > > yer-brakes kind of guy (?) Is it bullmoose time? > > > > -BR- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
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