Hi TM. I really like your drop bar setup. You know your stuff and I still remember the Cervelo Diet features quite well.
What happened and how?
Well, nothing happened and I thank God for that. Seriously. Think of the absolute worst place to have a frame/fork failure. It's right there. Since when does carbon crack at a high torque junction and not blow up completely?
After a local Oly, my front end felt like the headset somehow loosened up because I could move the stem/bars a little. I took off the stem and two spacers below to adjust the headset and thought I saw a crack at the front of the steerer. Raising the top cap confirmed that it was cracked most of the way across the front. There has never been a stem clamped within 2cm of that crack. The front seems kind of weird too because I would think the force would pull it down and forward and stress the back of the steerer more.
Anyhow, I flipped out for a while and took a picture with a cell phone and blue flashlight. Luckily I didn't eat pavement and a new frame is coming in. All is well. I'm pretty unsure about building or selling though.
It's kind of a bummer to be the guy that has read this entire thread multiple times, thought I came up with a cool rear brake solution that I needed to photograph and share, and then when I finally post to this thread it's pretty negative. Again, I hope any other owner has a completely difference experience.
Goodbye 2012 TM02
twain wrote:
What happened and how?
Well, nothing happened and I thank God for that. Seriously. Think of the absolute worst place to have a frame/fork failure. It's right there. Since when does carbon crack at a high torque junction and not blow up completely?
After a local Oly, my front end felt like the headset somehow loosened up because I could move the stem/bars a little. I took off the stem and two spacers below to adjust the headset and thought I saw a crack at the front of the steerer. Raising the top cap confirmed that it was cracked most of the way across the front. There has never been a stem clamped within 2cm of that crack. The front seems kind of weird too because I would think the force would pull it down and forward and stress the back of the steerer more.
Anyhow, I flipped out for a while and took a picture with a cell phone and blue flashlight. Luckily I didn't eat pavement and a new frame is coming in. All is well. I'm pretty unsure about building or selling though.
It's kind of a bummer to be the guy that has read this entire thread multiple times, thought I came up with a cool rear brake solution that I needed to photograph and share, and then when I finally post to this thread it's pretty negative. Again, I hope any other owner has a completely difference experience.
Goodbye 2012 TM02