From: joel <joel@ravensworthhome.com>
Subject: RE: [Low_Country_Fat_Tire_Freaks] Re: Well they say there is a first for everything...
To: Low_Country_Fat_Tire_Freaks@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 6:06 AM

dude...that is amazing...that is some tough metal to break....

 

maybe the stem was torqued tooo tightly..?

 

did you use a torque wrench when installing that stem??  It should have been 5.5 Newton meters...

 

 

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From: Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:Low_ Country_Fat_ Tire_Freaks@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Chris Eaton
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks] Re: Well they say there is a first for everything.. . [3 Attachments]

For you and Joel, I thought I would provide you with some lovely pictures. :) --- On Wed, 7/1/09, k_huffing <k_huffing@yahoo. com> wrote: From: k_huffing <k_huffing@yahoo.. com> Subject: [Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks] Re: Well they say there is a first for everything.. . To: Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 12:59 AM Hmmm, a Freudian slip perhaps Joel.... --- In Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks@yahoogrou ps.com, "joel" <joel@...> wrote: > > I have also never heard of a Thomson product cracking. You sure it just > happened? There was not a car involved? I abuse my Thomson stem/seatpost > regularly and they have never even whimpered... If it is a natural crack, it > will probably be replaced for free.... > > _____ > > From: Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks@yahoogrou ps.com > [mailto:Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of Papke, > Collin M MSgt USAF AMC 437 AMXS/MXA > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:34 AM > To: Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks@yahoogrou ps.com > Subject: RE: [Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks] Well they say there is a first > for everything.. . > > > > > > 1st Thomson product I have ever heard of cracking. Thomson should > replace it; I have seen them replace broken bolts for free because they > said the bolts should have never failed. > > Collin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Low_Country_ <mailto:Low_ Country_Fat_ Tire_Freaks% 40yahoogroups. com> > Fat_Tire_Freaks@ yahoogroups. com > [mailto:Low_ Country_ <mailto:Low_ Country_Fat_ Tire_Freaks% 40yahoogroups. com> > Fat_Tire_Freaks@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Chris > Eaton > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:35 PM > To: Low_Country_ <mailto:Low_ Country_Fat_ Tire_Freaks% 40yahoogroups. com> > Fat_Tire_Freaks@ yahoogroups. com > Subject: [Low_Country_ Fat_Tire_ Freaks] Well they say there is a first > for everything.. . > > Well today on my daily route in Crowfield, I looked down to get my water > bottle and noticed that I had a crack in my stem. Its a Thomson X4 Elite > 50 mm Stem. I thought to myself, it must be a scratch, but when I took > it off when I got home, it indeed, was a crack. It is on the upper-right > part that wraps around the downtube of the fork. > > I am also wondering if this has ever happened to anyone else, such as a > stem cracking on them. Thanks. > > Cheers, > > Chris >