Reg Lizard

"...it cut his steerer right off and he ended up with an autopilot bike. Very weird sensation (he said afterwards from hospital) and very, very strange to see. " LMAO

Ok, mine has nearly 42000km and I think I have replaced my HR strap once. Also had my PC board replaced about 3 years ago, I was a bit curious and fiddled around and damaged the temperature unit. But yes, must admint IHF are cool.

Battery in the unit was replaced by IHF on 12 February 2009. I think I am going to have the battery of the speed sensor tested first, would be the easiest option, then if the battery is ok, then it must be something else. Hey, 7 years, what do you like ride once every 2 months

Yes, I do, why?

So what can it be? Let me start of by saying that I use the "auto start & stop" function on the unit. Thursday evening went for a ride and while on the open road the unit would beep and stop and then start again. Happened about 7 times. Had a ride on Friday morning and Saturday and it was fine. Yesterday again the unit started doing the same. So, do you think it might be the battery of the speed sensor that's going flat? I checked the back of the battery yesterday and saw that I repalced the battery on 31 January 2009- I thought that these last about 2 years.

Damn are you a midget, that must be like a 42cm bike!!!

Good news, it would appear as if my problems are indeed something of the past. Had two 70km+ rides this weekend and the stem bolts are still torqued according to specs.

What I also did not tell you was that before I did the "decrease in spacers thing" I torqued the bolts and "bounced" the front of the bike up and down. Checked the bolts and they were loose again. Then I did the decrease thing, torqued the bolts, "bounced" the front of the bike again and checked and the bolts were still tight. Then only did I go for the ride (wheeling, bunny hopping, ramping, etc) and checked and the bolts were still fine. So lets hope for the best, but time will tell. You say steel, does that mean I have to rebuild my old (classic) Eddy Merckx (that weighs about 13 kg's) Nah, I'd rather buy a new carbon steerer or jump back on my previous steed, the Giant TCR.

@ JB: I took your advice and reduced the spacers underneath the stem on the steerer by approximately 4mm- this decreased "The gap between top of steerer tube and upper lip of the stem ... to less than 2mm", viz a negative gap.Torgued it afterwards and went wheeling, bunny hopping, etc around the neighborhood. When I got home I tested the tension on the bolts and whalla they were still 5nm- so the bottomline is, that I think your advice by moving the spacers around worked, thanx. Will keep you posted if anything goes wrong again, but I really think the problem is something of the past.

Thanks JB I'll try it tonight and report back what happend. It's just strange that the Alu stem from the same manufacturer worked fine, but that the carbon product is causing this problem.

Ok, so I checked the bolts and they are once again loose!!! Checked the stem and steerer for cracks- none. Read on the Ritchey website the following "The gap between top of steerer tube and upper lip of the stem must be no less than 2mm" I think mine could be a bit more than that, can that be the cause, although my alu Ritchey 4 axis stem work perfect like that.

Well done John, keep it up!!!

I hope so, but I doubt it. The one says Bottelary rd while the other refers to the Silo's outside Durbanville.

Not good news, actually very sad. Condolences to the family and friends.

Thanks JB, I did this the last time and that is most probably why my steerer is still aligned after yesterday's ride. I will however check tonight whether the torque on these bolts are accroding to specs (5nm).

First time fitted it with nothing, but after the third time it came loose I used some carbon grease and it still came loose. Then I removed the grease and just tightened it to specification, which is 5nm max.

I recently purchased a brand new Ritchley WCS Carbon stem and discovered that after the first couple of rides the bolts clamping onto the fork steerer would come loose after a ride and that I had to retorque them, is that normal? After every occurance I took it completely off just to make sure that something else wasn't wrong and then refitted them and torqued them to 5nm. Rode the DieBurgerFietstoer yesterday and it seems to be fine.

Wonder if this guy is a hubber Maybe he'll have a good excuse why he did it, they always do But yes, name and shame the asshole.

You haven't spotted a Gios Torino with Ultegra by any change? The bike was stolen about 6-10 months ago- my old man's bike (he had it for 20 odd years)

Damn, what your getting for Christmas, a lamborghini

bike porn if you ask me!!!

I know a guy who can fix this easily two tubes of super glue and it will be as good as new

Ronelle your pics are the best!!!!

Kevin, welcome to the hub and once again congrats on your achievement. I am sure your son will remember it for the rest of his days. You go man.