Originally Posted by
TandemGeek
You know, I'm surprised the front end didn't studder and brakes didn't squeal under braking given how the head tube was failing.
Me too. Or that they didn't pull the bars, stem and top part of the steerer right out of the frame on a hard climb! He said it just broke when removing the stem!
I'd like to get some more detail on that. HOW were they removing the stem? Was the stem frozen from lack of grease and they were having to use the old, trusty vice and 2X4 method to free it up, or were they just removing it normally by hand? Might tell us to what extent the steerer was damaged before it got to the shop.
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Last edited by Onegun; 04-24-09 at 10:41 AM.