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adeshere:
WEll i've tightened the bolt up as much as i can, but as soon as i try any tricks, the bars move.

Do you think

a) i need to loose some weight

or

b) a new stem bolt wedge will fix it

HUTCHMAN:
when you say the bars move,do you mean the bars move in the stem or the stem moves in the steerer tube?

theRuler:
b) i reckon

give stem bolt the tightening of it's life

if it strips then get a new one

duncan:
It's not a Tuf-Neck style stem is it?
They have a stem bolt, but also a bigger hexagonal bolt below which needs to be really tight or the stem can slip round.

If you mean the bars move backwards and forward then the clamp's too big or the bars are too small (bars possibly crushed, or clamp-bolts stripped?).

weston:
new stem for deffo unless your bars are as bad

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