Originally Posted by
mike868y
^my god that venge is hideous
i understand the bolded, and said basically the same thing in a post above. but i think you're misunderstanding my issue - it's not that I can't get the headset tight. i tightened it last night and it was totally fine for my ride this morning, is still tight now and will probably still be tight for a few weeks, it's that it works lose in 2-3 weeks time (i.e. it was fine from after killington until this past weekend when I noticed some play), which is what leads me to believe it's not the topcap bottoming out and why i'm leaning towards the switching to a positive stem with a spacer on top route. not trying to be totally dismissive of your suggestions, but i'm not totally clueless with regards to how the headset system works.
Ok, I didn't get that you were having it loosen up over a period of weeks. Hmm. But yeah, I got concerned when you were saying that you thought a spacer on top would be unsafe. It absolutely is not.
I think if it's loosening up over time you don't likely have an expander plug issue, either. I would be much more focused on the stem itself, or something else in the headset stack. I don't think the issue is your stem-and-spacer arrangement per se. If switching to a positive stem fixes the issue, it would be because your stem was defective. You could try a different stem in the same orientation. What length are you currently using?