---i just remeasured the old boom again and found that it is egg
shaped thicker across the top than it is top to bottom, and the od
is the same across the top as the new boom , so maby it will fit
after all, i will try it this weekend if i can wate that long.

thanks again

marion



In BaronOwners@yahoogroups.com, "marion" <bicycleman@...> wrote:
>
> ---no i got the boom from dana at bent up cycles , i am sure it is
> suspose to fit , i haven't got into trying it yet i was goimg to
try
> it this weekend, but just for fun i took a set of calipers and
> measured the od. of the new boom and compaired it to the old one
and
> i came up with that much difference , i was thinking that maby
some
> of you have run across this problem .
> if it comes down to it i will call dana he is good to help on
> problems like this.
>
> marion
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> In BaronOwners@yahoogroups.com, "tentacle23"
> <day.of.the.tentacle@> wrote:
> >
> > My first reaction was "WTF".
> >
> > OP does not mention if the carbon boom still fits... Assuming
the
> old
> > boom is a tight fit, then the carbon boom might be too big...
> >
> > My next question is, could the carbon boom be used without the
> > insert, or at least with a thinner one?
> >
> > And if it's definitely not compatible, I want to know if the
boom
> > came from Optima... If so, that's some poor QC right there...
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In BaronOwners@yahoogroups.com, "John Foltz" <john.foltz@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > My first reaction would be to say, "Don't do it!!!" The boom
is
> the
> > wrong
> > > size, and you don't want to take a mm or so off either the
boom
> or
> > the frame.
> > >
> > > ------ Original Message ------
> > > Received: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:11:15 PM EST
> > > From: "marion" <bicycleman@>
> > > To: baronowners@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [BaronOwners] BOOM
> > >
> > > > HI everyone i have a question, i just recieved my carbon
boom
> for
> > my
> > > > baron and i haven't tried to install it yet, but i did take
> some
> > > > measurements on the od of the new boom compared to the stock
> > boom , it
> > > > appears that the new carbon boom is about .04 to .05 in.
> bigger,
> > is
> > > > therefor i will have to sand or turn the new boom down to
fit
> > into the
> > > > tube.
> > > > any sugestions on how to do this?
> > > >
> > > > marion
> > > >
> > > >
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