follow up on the solder: I actually had, 1 or 2? I can’t rember now… fall out… Probably because I didn’t clean the screw heads at all. In addition, I did puposly remove one the other day, and it came out pretty smoothly.

I totally misinterpreted the “safety” comment – my bad!

If you use Loctite I’d recommend the blue loctite – you can get red off with heat but I wouldn’t want to have to – that stuff is a pain in the ass!

I actually just went and (after testing on random screw) soldered the screw mentioned here, one screw that attaches my bars to the stem, one chain ring screw, seatpost collar, and the screw that holds the seat to the seatpost.

I’m soooo tempted to do the crank arm bolts… but I worry that would take too much heat, and could disturb the integrity of the crank arms in additon to the fact that I have a lil plastic ring that, that.. though may not die on the installation of the solder, but, definatly would die on the removal.

I did a quick look on locttite.. I did not know that the pernament loctite could be removed with heat. I’m curious what 220degrees celcious would do to the materials….

tory – either solder or glue are easy enough to get rid of at home to take the bearing out to check for tightness or make adjustments – it just adds another layer of frustration for a potential thief.

thanks for your concern, though.

sweeeeet!