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Bikes: Current 79 Nishiki Custum Sport, Jeunet 620, notable previous bikes P.K. Ripper loop tail, Kawahara Laser Lite, Paramount Track full chrome, Raliegh Internatioanl, Motobecan Super Mirage. 59 Crown royak 3 speed
As for where stems fail they typicaly fail on the top front half of the bar clamp or at the front of the neck if set too high. As Oddjob says stem failures on French bikes are overstated I have seen one out of 100 plus French bikes i have worke on. While I have seen a lot of Japanese stems fail.
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