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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: Lawrie on December 11, 2005, 09:55 AM

Title: Crushed bars.
Post by: Lawrie on December 11, 2005, 09:55 AM

I saw a set of VDC bars on the bay recently which had been crushed where the stem tightens onto the bars. I've never seen that before and was wondering how that happened. Is there such a thing as overtightening the stem? I would have thought that BMX bars would be built to withstand that.

Title: Re: Crushed bars.
Post by: ORB on December 11, 2005, 10:26 AM

common, its a shame, but true.

Title: Re: Crushed bars.
Post by: mightymini on December 11, 2005, 10:47 AM

yep its common, remember packin out cw bars with copper as they seemed to crush quite easily, but once they are crushed they never tighten up properly again.

Title: Re: Crushed bars.
Post by: Lawrie on December 11, 2005, 01:33 PM

Hell i'm gonna slacken off my stem bolts when i'm not using my bike, i'm well paranoid about that sort of thing!  :o