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subsistbmx@hotm 06-07-07 03:47 PM

Ouch...stem.
 
I just put my new bike today and took it for a ride and what do you know...when I lean over the bars the stem hits me right in the balls..wtf? Good thing I ride with a free-wheel so there won't be need for leaning over the front wheel..but why is that ? Is that just crappy luck or is something off with my set-up...? I plan on riding fixed in the future so I need to figure this out..my top tube is 58cm and I'm 6'2.

fetch 06-07-07 03:49 PM

patient: hey doc, its hurts when i do 'this' what should i do?

doc: don't do it.

kwhord 06-07-07 04:01 PM

Thats pretty much how you skid. Nuts on the stem. I have flat bars and it's not a problem anymore. A friend of mine is making a bmx-style stem pad for the same reason.

reinventingevan 06-07-07 04:03 PM

wrap a bandana around that mug and call it day. you extra style ponts for that one too.

subsistbmx@hotm 06-07-07 04:08 PM

ok, so I guess I'm not the only one...

Boss Moniker 06-07-07 04:09 PM

Happened to me.. did some research and pretty much everybody (Sheldon Brown and Park Tool) agrees that castration is the only good solution. Unfortunately that was too costly for me.

EDIT: Definitely not a DIY job, see if your LBS could do it.

br995 06-07-07 07:03 PM

Neutering. All the MASH kids are doing it.

freeskihp 06-07-07 07:16 PM

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1.../c1412copy.jpg

mentat6059 06-07-07 11:06 PM

just get married, after 6 months your wife will have ripped them off

Aeroplane 06-08-07 06:23 AM

Yeah, the problem is you installed your stem in the center of your bars. If you put it offset to the side, your junk will just hang next to it, instead of running right into it.

shapelike 06-08-07 06:30 AM


Originally Posted by Aeroplane
Yeah, the problem is you installed your stem in the center of your bars. If you put it offset to the side, your junk will just hang next to it, instead of running right into it.

+1 ... good advice.

jetbike 06-08-07 03:49 PM

Maybe your balls are just too big?

I'm married, so I don't know where mine are anymore.

subsistbmx@hotm 06-08-07 04:55 PM

Actually, just today I changed to flat-bars and the problem is gone...sweet ! but yeah if I change bars..I might consider the marriage option..


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