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Old 06-13-20 | 06:59 PM
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Skiddz
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Bikes: 2018 Norco Fluid HT2+, 2020 Specialized Sirrus x 5.0

Sirrus (X) stem top cap removal

Originally Posted by sorenlind
Hi,

I’m new here but hoping you can help. I just bought a Sirrus X 5.0. I’d like to mount my iPhone on it so I find a case and mount called “SP Connect Bike Bundle”. (I would post a link but am not allowed to). It looks nice because you can either place it on the stem or take off the top cap and mount it where the top cap was. But I’m not sure either place works on the X 5.0. For the first, I’m concerned that the stem on the X 5.0 is square (sort of) as opposed to round. And for the second method, I’m confused because the X 5.0 doesn’t seem to have a top cap with a hole for a screw, it’s just a cap that fully closes off everything.

So my question is, can anyone tell me if the “SP Connect Bike Bundle” will fit on the Sirrus X 5.0?

I would attach a couple of photos but seems I’m not allowed to - please correct me if I’m wrong 😊.
Originally Posted by Skiddz
I have the same question - I've loosened both pinch bolts on the stem, and can't seem to get the cap off. None of the Future Shock videos or Specialized documentation I've seen show this part of the disassembly process, so I'm perplexed. I'm going to try and disassemble my girlfriends X 4.0 and see if it'll come off.
Sorenlind - after much searching, i wasn't able to find anything online about the stem top cap removal, so while i was at my LBS today, I asked the sales guy whom i bought my bike from about it. He quickly showed me that the top cap is actually threaded into the upper part of the steer tube/fork assembly. The cap is plastic, with a double-threaded bolt in the bottom of it; one end of the bolt screws into the cap, and then you thread the whole thing down into the steer tube. I removed mine when i got home (and have pics)...let me see if i can post them while in noob status. If not - and you want them - PM me and i can text them to you. I'll post them regardless once i'm able
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