Timeline for Hylix carbon fork and compression plug
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| Feb 9, 2021 at 14:21 | history | edited | Tim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2021 at 14:16 | history | edited | Tim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2021 at 14:13 | comment | added | Tim | Think what you like. I'm trying to find out what is considered "best practice" in regard to torque of compression plug, since it varies quite a lot. | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 12:44 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | I get it - you spent money on some bling that's useless. Guess what? There's nothing you can do to convince me you didn't do that. I think you're trying to convince yourself more than anything. | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 12:29 | comment | added | Tim | newyorkbikelawyer.com/blog/2013/august/… outsideonline.com/2311816/carbon-fiber-bike-accidents-lawsuits consumeraffairs.com/bicycle-recalls?page=2 | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 12:26 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | LOL. I sure hope you don't have a carbon fiber seatpost. You know, a hollow carbon fiber tube clamped onto by something and without some piece of metal inside, which you apparently think is necessary for a carbon fiber tube that gets clamped to function safely. Because that carbon fiber seatpost - without that internal metal reinforcement - is supporting a whole lot more weight than the steerer tube, and it's just sitting there waiting to break off and stab you right in the nether regions. Why, it's gonna snap right off just like all those steerer tubes without that huge plug! | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 12:24 | comment | added | Tim | Or is your position that long compression plugs are useless bling? | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 12:18 | comment | added | Tim | @AndrewHenle So your position is that the compression plug is absolutely "useless bling" and that the stem could be safely clamped to the carbon steerer tube without such a plug? If so, may I simply ask you what you base this opinion on? Is it experimental evidence? Anecdotal evidence? Engineering training? What? | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 22:32 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | Yeah, all those upvotes you're getting.... Do you really think in a sport where there are people who drop $5,000 on a DuraAce Di2 bike, then put $3000 aero wheels on it, all to go putz around on a MUP at 20 km/h that there aren't hucksters who aim for lower-hanging fruit with cheaper useless bling? There isn't one manufacturer of CF forks with CF steerer tubes that would be in business if this piece of bling were actually needed for safe cycling. You'll notice no one has contradicted anything I've posted - with almost 50 views, no one's disagreed with me, nor upvoted your question... | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 21:13 | comment | added | Tim | @AndrewHenle And your posts strike me as coming from someone who WAAAAYYY underthinks things. So I guess we're at an impasse. I just can't take your remarks as authoritative because you insist they are. You dismissed Luescher out of hand as a huckster posting "garbage". | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 12:28 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | To get people to ask questions about them on the internet? It's a !(&%(!@&#%!@# compression plug - you screw it in to hold your stem in place while you tighten your stem's clamp bolts, then you go ride your bike. You are WAAAAAYYY overthinking this. | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 12:23 | comment | added | Tim | @AndrewHenle Do you have a real answer to the question why compression plugs are available in different lengths? Because people will buy them seems too facile. | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 12:18 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | So someone with a vested interest in selling such a product posted garbage to the internet that promotes that product? Imagine that... Again - how many failed steerer tubes do you see? | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 11:47 | comment | added | Tim | @AndrewHenle See the edit. | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 11:44 | history | edited | Tim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 8, 2021 at 11:40 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | To get people to pay extra for a part the manufacturer spent $0.30 to make. How many bikes with short compression plugs have failed steerer tubes? | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 11:37 | comment | added | Tim | @Andrew Henle: Why do compression plugs come in different lengths? | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 11:18 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | All the compression plug does is hold the top cap in place while you tighten the clamp bolts on the stem. It's literally useless after that. | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 11:14 | comment | added | Tim | @AndrewHenle Read before offering advice. I did get a shorter plug. | |
| Feb 8, 2021 at 9:33 | answer | added | abdnChap | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 7, 2021 at 22:04 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | compression plug 90mm long Get a shorter compression plug. | |
| Feb 7, 2021 at 17:18 | history | asked | Tim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |