Selecting An Appropriate Bolt
With all ofthe replies about just about everything else, did you get a definitive reply that ANSWERED your question about whether to use a Grade 5 or Grade 8 bolt?
If it were me i'd use the strongest grade I could get.
Cheers
Yes, he did. Andy answered it definitively:
Original handlebar clamp bolts are Grade 8
What more do you need to know? He then went on to prove it by arriving at the same answer with different logic:
Grade 5 may be strong enough but for pennies difference I suggest an 8
He and then addressed the Ti question:
I wouldn't use Ti fasteners in a stem but some guys do and many don't die.
To arrive at this answer via different logic: Speedplay/x2 pedals in Titanium say "Not for riders over 175 Lbs". What else do you need to know? Yes I realize that the pedal shaft is a beam whereas the stem bolt is in tension. So what.
That said, I still want a Habanero.
-dkl
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