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Light Weight Mistake
06/30/15 at 8:43pm
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So I got a shorter stem and moved my seat back half-inch.  I was still in the marked area just compensating for the shorter cockpit.  Then at Poston, SNAP; the weak aluminum gave way and I had to ride out like a San Franciscan robot was chasing me.  Hello Thomson, bye-bye broken Deda Ultra.  You were pretty but dangerous.
  
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Re: Light Weight Mistake
Reply #1 - 06/30/15 at 8:50pm
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Not a good place for porous aluminum.
  
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Reply #2 - 06/30/15 at 8:51pm
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Now looking at it I should have seen it coming.
  
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Reply #3 - 07/01/15 at 1:33am
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Nothing like a seat post enima....haha. I did that at Sherman with a light weight Ritchie Carbon post. At Sherman over the rock pile....haha
  
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Re: Light Weight Mistake
Reply #4 - 07/01/15 at 11:51am
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azcanc wrote on 07/01/15 at 1:33am:
Nothing like a seat post enima....haha. I did that at Sherman with a light weight Ritchie Carbon post. At Sherman over the rock pile....haha

I just trashed my Ritchey Carbon seat rails.  The irony is I put put an cheap old bontrager saddle I pulled out the parts bin and have been riding much better since! 
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Reply #5 - 07/02/15 at 7:04pm
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spinsir wrote on 06/30/15 at 8:43pm:
I had to ride out like a San Franciscan robot was chasing me. 


Hope your Old Glory Insurance policy is up to date!!!


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