Cracking one off (Magura-R)

[J i m s t e r]

Another one bites the dust... Tartybikes to the rescue again!

I am going to discs next time I think. Sick of this. Here's one, doe...

My 1997 Privateer doesn't have disc tabs on the seatstays - do you think I could chop out the section of stay from a f**ked frame that does have a tab, and then cut away the back half of this bit to bond/weld it on top of my own stay, to give me a tab? Like wrapping the new tabbed tube around my existing tube if you will.

I don't like the look of the aftermarket disc adapaters.

Front fork is a Bomber and already has tabs for that.

 

[tintin40]

to break that you must be very strong or that was faulty clamp.

 

[J i m s t e r]

As usual, lasted just beyond 12 months...

I tightened them no more than I would anything else on a bar, it's only ever these that have snapped. I am going to be paranoid fitting the spare.

 

[hamster]

That's why there are torque recommendations for bolts. People just tend to wind the stuff up too tight.

 

[kaiser]

Try one of these jimster

http://www.mcconveycycles.com/store/pro ... on-meters/


at 5nm its only a nadgers tighter than the 4nm recommended torque.

 

[JJ.]

It's scrap,.
I'd write a nice letter as said above, at just over twelve months old I bet they will replace it.

Quick question... Are your new bars fatter than the old ones/ fatter than the clamp is designed for ?

Knock loose if the term for tightening clamps. wont move in use but rotate when you come off and knock them.