Using a torque wrench would help. May be over tightening.
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On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Peter Adler wrote:
> Some of us would be grateful just to strip fasteners.
>
> I've ridden 50.4 5-pin French cranksets for a long time. For reasons
> related to backward compatibility to bits developed in the 1930s, those
>
Some of us would be grateful just to strip fasteners.
I've ridden 50.4 5-pin French cranksets for a long time. For reasons
related to backward compatibility to bits developed in the 1930s, those
cranks/chainrings use 8mm fasteners, noticea smaller than the 10mm
chainring bolts common since the
O! Very well known!
Patrick "torque it some more" Moore
Aside: recall one day my then 3 year old daughter frustrated by some
elementary task, saying earnestly to herself, oh SIT!".
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> Another important step is going
I figured this out when I broke off the bolt in one of my Ergon grips. Now
I have a Ritchey 5NM wrench that I use for everything around the handlebars
and stem clamp.
To the OP, I would also add it is VERY easy to strip a bolt if the bolt is
soft metal and the hex wrench is hardened. I
On 04/23/2017 05:35 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
One important principle that hasn't been mentioned so far is: torque
proportional to need. I am habitually someone who thinks, "Just a bit
more tight and you'll be safe" -- funny, I just recalled a long-ago
incident, where I met a pretty young
One important principle that hasn't been mentioned so far is: torque
proportional to need. I am habitually someone who thinks, "Just a bit more
tight and you'll be safe" -- funny, I just recalled a long-ago incident,
where I met a pretty young woman by using a similar line -- she had bought
a bike