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2863.1 | | LASSIE::ZIELONKO | | Tue Oct 04 1994 15:38 | 1 |
| Oh but they're real light weight!
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2863.2 | Fortune finally smiled on me. | LUDWIG::ASMITH | | Tue Oct 04 1994 15:58 | 4 |
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To 0:
A double OUCH !!!!!! , I'm glad that I didn't buy one of those.
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2863.3 | Can you say CRASH!!! | CHIPS::LEIBRANDT | | Tue Oct 04 1994 16:05 | 7 |
| >>> Oh but they're real light weight!
Yeah, a Control Tech weighs about half of...itself...once it breaks in
half... ;^) (Not a laughing matter but I couldn't resist!)
Triple Ouch,
Charlie
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2863.4 | This includes Dean aluminum | BOOKIE::J_CROCKER | | Tue Oct 04 1994 20:18 | 6 |
| First Syncros, now Control Tech. Seems like lightweight aluminum stems
aren't cutting it (or they're using the market as a test lab)
BTW, this'll also include the Dean Aluminum stem, which is just a
Control Tech with Dean decals (not to be confused with their $250
Ti model).
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2863.5 | after market stuff - caveat emptor | LASSIE::ZIELONKO | | Wed Oct 05 1994 11:07 | 21 |
| > Yeah, a Control Tech weighs about half of...itself...once it breaks in
> half... ;^) (Not a laughing matter but I couldn't resist!)
Oh, but you are tres amusant.
Last winter I bought a new stem. I was considering the control tech among others
but I chose Salsa (steel) opting for strength and relatively low cost. I'm glad
I did.
I am finding more and more that alot of this after market stuff just doesn't
hold up. Here's another story. I had a bike shop build me a rear wheel with a
Zipp hub earlier this summer. (This is one of those hubs with the carbon fiber
shaft and aluminum flanges.) After about 60 miles it starts making this weird
creaking noise. I brought it back to the shop where they couldn't figure out
what was wrong. They ended up sending the thing back to Zipp and getting a new
one and rebuilding the wheel. I took the new wheel with the new hub out on the
road and within 10 miles it started making the same creaking noise. At this
point I took it back and had them build one with a dura-ace hub instead. These
Zipp hubs *didn't even work out of the box*!
karol
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2863.6 | | PCBUOA::KRATZ | | Wed Oct 05 1994 14:50 | 5 |
| Probably a good place to mention that Specialized recalled the Future
Shock on my '92 Stumpjumper a couple of months ago. It's an OEM
version of a Rock Shock product; not sure if they got recalled as
well. It was one of those measure-something-and-if-it's-ok then
there's no replacement needed. kb
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2863.7 | | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | | Wed Oct 05 1994 14:51 | 13 |
| Okay, here's mine... Last year I had SRP Ti (of course) axles put
in. Early this spring, while on a ride felt a roughness to the ride.
I got off spun the rear wheel and sure enough, it was an ugly feel.
There was minor play in the wheel so I figured, awww, just an
adjustment. Didn't work so I brought it down to the shop. The
cone and race was shot. The flange on the axle was worn. These
are Campy Records hubs mind you. I've never had any problems (not
even noticeable wear) with these.
The diagnosis was that Ti is soft... The machine hardened cone seemed
to have worn the axle... I went back to the Campy axle and had to
replace the cone and race and breaings,,,
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2863.8 | | WRKSYS::ROTH | Geometry is the real life! | Wed Oct 05 1994 18:41 | 7 |
| Another good one I've heard stories about is those saddles with
carbon fiber rails.
I stay away from that ultralight tweak stuff. Doesn't do much good
if you have to bail out of an important ride because of a failure.
- Jim
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2863.9 | Continuation of the rat hole | LASSIE::ZIELONKO | | Wed Oct 05 1994 21:03 | 11 |
| > I stay away from that ultralight tweak stuff. Doesn't do much good
> if you have to bail out of an important ride because of a failure.
Since we're on this topic...
I went on the Breaking Away Bike Tour to the Dolomites this summer. The night
before we did the Stelvio pass one of the other rider's tricked out bottom
bracket broke. He had to spend most of the morning the next day fixing it.
Because of this he was one of the unfortunate late starters that got rained on
*all* the way up the Stelvio rather than just half of the way. And he was lucky
he found a bike shop that could help him at all.
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2863.10 | | NOVA::FISHER | Tay-unned, rey-usted, rey-ady | Thu Oct 06 1994 10:14 | 14 |
2863.11 | Try spiking that!!! | LUDWIG::ASMITH | | Thu Oct 06 1994 11:22 | 6 |
| Re .8;
Do you get the shaft if one of those carbon fibered rail saddles
fail on you? :-)
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2863.12 | re .5 | CHIPS::LEIBRANDT | | Thu Oct 06 1994 12:36 | 6 |
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re:.5 >>>Oh, but you are tres amusant.
Thank you for the compliment...
/Charlie
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2863.13 | | HERON::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Fri Oct 07 1994 07:22 | 5 |
| over here Control Tech gives visions of the greasy mechanic who checks
out 5 year old cars to certify they are roadworthy - I wouldn't trust
one of them making stuff for my bike.
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2863.14 | Control Tech / 800-304-5824 | MSGAXP::BRIGHTMAN | PMC - Sitting on a cure for cancer, Join me? | Fri Oct 07 1994 15:56 | 9 |
| I called Control Tech. to find out more. (Seeing as I recently bought a
Control Tech. stoker stem for my tandem)
I spoke with Tom Baker. He said the recall was on "ALL" road bike stems.
He told my to pass along that if anyone had questions call him, at
1-800-304-5824.
-Tim
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2863.15 | | STOWOA::SWFULLER | | Mon Oct 10 1994 11:15 | 7 |
| What was his answer on the stoker stem? What are you going to
replace it with? This is what we are using.
Do they return money or give you something else?
Steve
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2863.16 | Road stem that is | NOVA::FISHER | Tay-unned, rey-usted, rey-ady | Mon Oct 10 1994 15:52 | 6 |
| I took mine out to Gus'. John tossed it into a box and indicated
that he had one more to retrieve. He lent me a different stem
till he could find out what Control Tech wanted to do to resolve the
issue.
ed
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2863.17 | | STOWOA::SWFULLER | | Mon Oct 10 1994 17:07 | 3 |
| Just called, Tandem stoker stems are ok.
steve
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2863.18 | | TLE::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.html | Fri Nov 01 1996 19:31 | 8 |
2863.19 | recall couple years ago | EDSCLU::NICHOLS | | Sun Nov 03 1996 20:15 | 15 |
2863.20 | | TLE::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.html | Mon Nov 04 1996 14:18 | 1 |
2863.21 | ControlTech stem, Scott LF bars | EDSCLU::NICHOLS | | Mon Nov 04 1996 16:45 | 7 |
2863.22 | | TLE::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.html | Mon Nov 04 1996 18:11 | 3
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