Safe to Ride?
08-15-07, 07:48 AM
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Safe to Ride?
Alright, this is stupid any way you look at it, but I need to get a bike to a bike shop today.
Problem is it's a tandem, and won't fit on the roof of a car, and if I want to downtown, I have to ride it there.
Problem is it's missing a star fangled nut (The thing was faulty from the get-go, and the core just spun in the flanges, so no preload could be attained.
If I'm riding carefully, should I be able to get the bike downtown (7km) safely based just on the stem being clamped FIRMLY onto the steerer?
Problem is it's a tandem, and won't fit on the roof of a car, and if I want to downtown, I have to ride it there.
Problem is it's missing a star fangled nut (The thing was faulty from the get-go, and the core just spun in the flanges, so no preload could be attained.
If I'm riding carefully, should I be able to get the bike downtown (7km) safely based just on the stem being clamped FIRMLY onto the steerer?
08-15-07, 07:55 AM
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I'd say yes.
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Don't take a stoker, though.
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Don't take a stoker, though.
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As long as you preload the bearings enough to not have excessive play in the headset you will be fine, especially for a short ride.
If you preload well enough, you never need the star fangled nut. It is only there as a convenience to make it easy to preload the bearings...
EDIT: As I recall, Sheldon Brown has a page that explains how to run two sets of handlebars on a bike, and covers how to adequately preload the bearings without a star-fangled nut on that page.
If you preload well enough, you never need the star fangled nut. It is only there as a convenience to make it easy to preload the bearings...
EDIT: As I recall, Sheldon Brown has a page that explains how to run two sets of handlebars on a bike, and covers how to adequately preload the bearings without a star-fangled nut on that page.
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