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Old 06-10-12 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by buldogge
Sooner or later I'm gonna make some billet 7075 1R wedges...sooner or later.

BTW...What's wrong with XAs???...I have those on a bunch of bikes, 26.4 and 26.0...zero issues.
I'll take a couple of those 7075 wedges...sooner than later. I've busted a couple!

Originally Posted by buldogge
Most likely a small sample from people over tightening 26.0 bars in 26.4 stems.
Guilty...& right in front as mentioned. On a pantographed Merckx XA stem too.
All the other XA's I have (4) are OK. One w/ a shim to hold ITM bars from slipping....
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