PS Yes, I plan to replace the stem. It’s not possible now as they are only at SomaFab and the 50 is sold out in 280 mm height.
Also, someone asked about how high I have the bars. I don’t have the stem minimally inserted - there is a healthy distance between my chosen setting and the max height line. Sent from my iPad > On Jun 17, 2020, at 12:40 PM, Leah Peterson <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So, I took most of the advice here so far. Including that I swapped back to > the Tall Boy stem after using some T9 at the stem/bar interface. I used a > wrench to ensure the bolt was truly tight and I rode around the neighborhood. > All is silent. > > I’m still concerned about the safety of the stem because John and Joe both > consider my stem suspect. I also know Nitto has issues now and then with QC. > John - I’d do that visual inspection and even send you the photos/video but > now that I’ve got everything set up again I’m leaving it. I hope it’s not > dangerous. Kind of the worst thing to go on your bike, you know? *Shudder.* > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jun 17, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> In this case the noise is definitely at the clamp, I saw a video where she >> loosened the clamp enough to move the bars up and down and the creak turned >> DEAFENING. This is WAY unusual to me and I've worked with dozens of Nitto >> stem/bar combinations, but here we are. A. I hope grease cures it for now. >> B. I don't trust that stem. She needs a new one. >> >> -- >> 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/FHIW1F5qAE0/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/1b6244b1-ebbe-47ed-be56-69b86383c35co%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/DDCEEEEA-3CB1-4B50-AF00-3C57E4FCD556%40gmail.com.
