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doesn't, get a piece of wood or a soft mallet and give the bolt a good whack to
release the wedge. Adjust the stem position as desired, align stem with tire,
and retighten the binder bolt tight enough so that you cannot twist the stem
and handlebars out of alignment. Under no circumstances should the stem be
retightened with its "Minimum Insertion" or "Maximum extension" mark visible.
Now check to make sure that the handlebars rotate freely in both directions
without the brake cables catching or binding on anything.
CAUTION: On some bicycles, changing the stem or stem height can
affect the tension of the front brake cable, locking the front brake or
creating sufficient cable slack to make the front brake inoperable. If
the front brake shoes move in towards the wheel rim or out away from
the wheel rim when you change the stem or stem height, take your
bicycle to your dealer for correct brake adjustment before riding it.
WARNING: The stem's Minimum Insertion Mark must not be visible
above the top of the headset (see fig. 9). If the stem is extended
beyond the Minimum Insertion Mark the stem may break or damage
the fork's steerer tube, which could cause you to lose control and fall.
You can change the angle of the handlebar or bar end extensions by loosening
their binder bolt, rotating the bar or extension to the desired angle, recenter-
ing it and retightening the binder bolt tight enough so that the bars or exten-
sions can't move in relation to each other and the stem.
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handlebar
binder
stem
binder
min
insert
mark
fig. 9
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