Pro Vibe 7s - Too much for a steerer tube.
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All,
Just want to find out who here has had any experience with a Pro Vibe 7s Alloy Stem.
I only tightened it to <3nm and it has still appears to have compressed some layers of carbon of my steerer tube. Seriously disappointing, ive never had this experience with my 3T stuff.
Ill post pictures shortly.
Cheers
Just want to find out who here has had any experience with a Pro Vibe 7s Alloy Stem.
I only tightened it to <3nm and it has still appears to have compressed some layers of carbon of my steerer tube. Seriously disappointing, ive never had this experience with my 3T stuff.
Ill post pictures shortly.
Cheers
Last edited by Cervelolite on Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:20 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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some compression on steerer tubes is not unusual. did you tighten both screws uniformly?
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Has that steerer tube been lacquered? Most come bare. Just as well to roughen it up with a bit of sandpaper if it has been lacquered. You might also find that this removes the indentations, especially if the lacquer went on quite thick.
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yes uniformly tightened, it ended up cracking the steerer tube (i doubt ill use it on my new caad 10)
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I had the same problem and had to have the forks replaced. But I made the mistake of cutting the steerer too short. Now I always leave a little bit of steerer poking out above the stem and run a small spacer on top.
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My view is it was a steerer tube issue. I have built many bikes and never had a problem EVER! As i said at 3nm it shouldnt do what it did. Im thinking it testing it on one of my broken frames first before putting it on the caad.
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