Bars slipped while riding!
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Since getting the Bones and riding it my worst fear has been the leverage that can be placed on the bars and making them slip. Until today however it has proved an unfounded concern.
I hit a bump at 65 and my bars dropped 2 inches! Scared the crap out of me, but otherwise I was fine. I pushed them back into position and then stood up and put my weight in them to see if they would slip again. They didn't. Until I hit another bump about 5 miles down the road.
I'm at work now so I'll have a 55 mile ride with the loose bars. Yay...
I haven't cared for the bars and I think this is a good excuse as any to just order the bars I want. The narrow beach bars in black.
From what I can tell this is a fairly common issue, but how can I tighten the bars without stretching threads in the risers? I was thinking a thin piece of aluminum or something inside the riser wrapped around the bar in the mean time. But what kind. and where would I get it?
BTW I checked the riser bolts and they are as tight as I can get them.
How do you stop this from happening on even higher apes?
I hit a bump at 65 and my bars dropped 2 inches! Scared the crap out of me, but otherwise I was fine. I pushed them back into position and then stood up and put my weight in them to see if they would slip again. They didn't. Until I hit another bump about 5 miles down the road.
I'm at work now so I'll have a 55 mile ride with the loose bars. Yay...
I haven't cared for the bars and I think this is a good excuse as any to just order the bars I want. The narrow beach bars in black.
From what I can tell this is a fairly common issue, but how can I tighten the bars without stretching threads in the risers? I was thinking a thin piece of aluminum or something inside the riser wrapped around the bar in the mean time. But what kind. and where would I get it?
BTW I checked the riser bolts and they are as tight as I can get them.
How do you stop this from happening on even higher apes?
Your bars will stay put now.
Get exacto blade and cut a strip of beer can or soda can....about the width of the rider clamp....set it the clamp and drill out two holes for the bolts through the rolled up sleeve...in effect you have made a very thin bushing sleeve...now you can retighten the hex bolts...use some red loctite on the threads.
Your bars will stay put now.
Your bars will stay put now.
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