Handlebar turns away

[swisscruz]

Hello

Now my new quest ist assembled and i love it. Its all nice, exept the rear and front fork are bit scratched

. I think is from deliverly. Sorry about my swiss-english.

There is a problem and probably is already known. There are two quick releases on the top of the front tube. When i climb, i pull i bit (think its necessery) but i turn the handlebar in away. Afterwards i have to centering the handlebar back. I this a question of my riding-skill or what can i do?

Thanks for answering.

swisscruz

 

[Eric Winn]

Same thing happened to me.

Same thing happened to me. You have to tighten those clamps tighter. I would use an allen wrench to snug the bolts up more.

Frankly, I think John should retire the clamps and go back to using just the bolts with the allen wrench. You have to clamp the quick-release clamps so tight that they are not exactly quick-release anymore...

Check by standing over the front wheel with one leg on each side of the wheel. Push your knees together to hold the wheel and tire stationary, grab the handlebars and try to move them out of alignment with the wheel. If they move the clamps are probably not tight enough or you have gorilla strength. Don't overdo this but the handlebars should take a good bit of force without them slipping around like this if these calmps are tight enough.

Ask Cruzbike about touch-up paint for the scratches and they can help with that.

-Eric

 

[chrisblessing]

quick release clamps

Eric, your comment about the quick-release clamp on the Quest is timely. I've got my converted folder packing up pretty small, and thought that the Quest quick-release would be just the ticket to speed the process up. However, it only takes a moment to remove the bolt, and, as you pointed out, the bolt is probably better. It has to be tight.