1. My Felt IA is 2020 IA disc, Advanced Model with proprietary Felt aero bars. I Purchased it June 2020 and total mileage is 1000-1500 for I was really busy nowadays.
2. I used 20mm threaded stack spacers and (I thought) used 20mm, 30mm bolts to fasten them, following the assembly manual.
3. Yesterday, I was enjoying a pleasant evening ride cruising at 25mph but suddenly left aerobar collapsed.
Fortunately I am OK. I think intensive core muscle workouts saved me :)
4. I went home with broken bar put in my rear pocket 10 mph.... at that time I was 100% sure that it was caused by Felt's foolish engineering.
5. I was wrong. As I unbolted right one, I found out that I used 5mm shorter bolts.
When I first assembled my bike I thought the bolt length written on the paper means "whole length" I mean from the bolt head to the bottom....
at that time I did not know that I should only measure the threaded parts....
6. The bolts came with the bike have 5mm height head.. So it explains why I used 5mm shorter bolts.
7. I wrote How silly I was to warn another silly guy like me...
Stay home, stay healthy.
2. I used 20mm threaded stack spacers and (I thought) used 20mm, 30mm bolts to fasten them, following the assembly manual.
3. Yesterday, I was enjoying a pleasant evening ride cruising at 25mph but suddenly left aerobar collapsed.
Fortunately I am OK. I think intensive core muscle workouts saved me :)
4. I went home with broken bar put in my rear pocket 10 mph.... at that time I was 100% sure that it was caused by Felt's foolish engineering.
5. I was wrong. As I unbolted right one, I found out that I used 5mm shorter bolts.
When I first assembled my bike I thought the bolt length written on the paper means "whole length" I mean from the bolt head to the bottom....
at that time I did not know that I should only measure the threaded parts....
6. The bolts came with the bike have 5mm height head.. So it explains why I used 5mm shorter bolts.
7. I wrote How silly I was to warn another silly guy like me...
Stay home, stay healthy.
Last edited by:
Peter Ghimme: May 13, 21 5:04
