koxxboy14 Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Thanks everyone for the replies. I have decided to buy new forks haha at the risk of getting hurt. And yeah new parts are good but not when you have a perfectly good set of rockmans haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Mines only on one bolt and has been for a while. Whoopsa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koxxboy14 Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 What stem do you have? A trialtech as well isn't it? And how far off from the second bolt is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) the problem is that if you stick your stem on your steerer and it doesnt reach the top bolts middle,you´re gonna apply more tension to the upper clamp area than on the lower(or vice versa if you DONT bang it tight),resulting in a pressure difference right in between the 2 areas. normally theres tension only applied in horizontal form,giving "more room" for diagonal force peaks to apply,i.e.when pulling the front up,if you tighten the areas differently,you get horizontal,diagonal and axial forcesapllied without doing anything,in still position.. this is called triaxial state of stress and will lead to material failure for sure. only the construction of the stem and the steerer itself will determine the time elapsing until....crack. lever x force x 3(in diagonal and axial direction)... i wouldnt go that way. source:a friend of mine,metalurgic technical assistant Edited November 26, 2012 by FamilyBiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockman Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Halfords do have high demand, it gets to a point where they have to build a bike every 20 minutes so the quality of the build is bound to be bad... as trials riders i'd expect us all to be able to repair our bikes ourselves, instead of blaming halfords for why our bikes don't work properly. That's no excuse at all if it endangers the customers health or life.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny00135 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 That's no excuse at all if it endangers the customers health or life.. Touché.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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