Let your bike be the tool
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NC/SC border
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Bikes: '66 Raleigh Carlton, '70 Ron Cooper, '95 Bianchi CD'I, Zonal Frame with Xenon gruppo, Carbon Frame with Record Gruppo, Columbia Twosome, Terry Classic, Bianchi SX, Gravity SS/FG
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I imagine the LBS guy was thinking that the compression plug needs to be located where the stem bolts are compressing the steerer, so the carbon steerer will be supported from within and the steerer will not be crushed. Whether this is the case or not, I have no idea.
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