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Some of the old carbon stuff had star nuts from the factory.
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That’s someone tightening their stem bolts before the top cap bolt, and they’ve kept going at the top cap bolt because it wouldn’t tighten enough. I stupidly did it on my very first bike.
Then took it to a bike shop and they said it was too much hassle to get out so they just knocked it further down the fork where it shall always remain...
Howard
greeno
@Turkish
Took the bung out of my caad7 and noticed somebody has smashed a star nut halfway down the steerer at some point. Its pretty rusty so god knows how long its been down there. Is it fucked? Steerer has also been chopped lop sided which suggests a properly ham fisted mechanic has been at this
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