English Deutsch Français Español Italiano
日本語
23
Please review the stem supplier instruction manual for specific procedures, instructions and
warnings.
The inclination of your upper body is determined by the height of the bike’s handlebars. The
body is more inclined the deeper the handlebars are. A more inclined upper body means that
your position is more streamlined, and more of your weight is bearing on the front wheel.
However, if your upper body position is inclined too extremely, it will be uncomfortable, and
your arms, wrists, upper body and neck will all feel strained. Therefore, adjusting the handlebars
correctly is important, so you should pay attention to the following steps.
- First, you need to release the top bolt of the fork steering tube. This will alter the initial
bearing pressure. Now you can remove the head cap.
- Release the stems side bolts, before removing the stem completely from the fork.
- Remove the spacers.
- Place the stem onto the steering tube before repositioning the spacers just above it. If
you want to rotate the stem then you will also have to remove the bike’s handlebars.
- To remove the handlebars, undo the clamping bolts on the front of the stem and lift the
handlebars off with care.
- After rotating the stem, carefully remount the handlebars
- Align the handlebars correctly into the stem clamp. To do this, make sure the drops are
positioned horizontally or else slightly slanted down towards the rear.
- Use a torque wrench to tighten all the stem clamp bolts again. Make sure you tighten
them according to the prescribed torque settings, then you can readjust the bearings.
- The stem must be aligned with the front wheel. Make sure that the handlebars are at
accurate right angles to the direction of motion. Once the stem is aligned, you can finish
tightening it to the prescribed torque and then check it is properly secured by doing a
stem twist test.
SETTING THE HANDLEBARS HEIGHT
Release the top bolt of the fork steering tube/
Release the bolts from both side of the stem
Readjust the bearing
Remove spacer under the stem and place it
above the stem
Retighten the stem to the prescribed torque
To Next Page