Thread: Quill Type Stem, Lower Limits
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Old 08-22-13 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Grand Bois
That one has me scratching my head.
Some, you just ignore.

The writer may have been concerned that the stem might end right at the crown race causing a stress riser at this critical place. He's apparently unaware that there hasn't been a fork made without some form of buttress at the base of the steerer in well over 50 years at least.
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