carbon fiber fork question

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:46:48 +0000, Michael Press wrote:

I recently purchased a bike with a 1 1/8" carbon/carbon fork. It was
initially fitted wth about 3" of spacers between the headset and stem,
indicating that the LBS didn't think/know that that was a problem.

If you know which LBS that is, you might do well to avoid them. They were
playing dice with their customer's teeth.

*I've
subsequently reduced it to 40mm, IIRC.

Good idea. This shows one of the "advantages" of the "innovation" of
threadless headsets. In order to raise the bars enough, you create a
dangerous situation.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not
_`\(,_ | certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to
(_)/ (_) | reality. -- Albert Einstein

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:46:48 +0000, Michael Press wrote:
I recently purchased a bike with a 1 1/8" carbon/carbon fork. It was
initially fitted wth about 3" of spacers between the headset and stem,
indicating that the LBS didn't think/know that that was a problem.
If you know which LBS that is, you might do well to avoid them. They were
playing dice with their customer's teeth.
I've
subsequently reduced it to 40mm, IIRC.

David L. Johnson wrote:
Good idea. This shows one of the "advantages" of the "innovation" of
threadless headsets. In order to raise the bars enough, you create a
dangerous situation.

Yes, theory aside, they completely suck in the real world.

Today I was showing a beautiful Waterford R33 with Chorus.
The gentleman rode in on that size frame, wanted a new
Chorus bike and liked the color. Price was not an issue. I
had it ready to go on my showroom floor. On 27 December.

Those of you in the trade know what that means with taxes
and rent due this week.

But there was no way to get any stem suitably high without
adding a butt-ugly stem extender. I ordered him a new frame
with Waterford's extended head tube option.

No, I do not have any civil comments on threadles stems nor
anything nice to say. Most of my thoughts are unprintable.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Andy- Those of you in the trade know what that means with taxes
and rent due this week. BRBR

Oh yes...

Today I was showing a beautiful Waterford R33 with Chorus BRBR

We just picked up H2Oford, a nice mix with Torelli and Nobilette...

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"