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Old 04-28-14 | 11:28 AM
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Smokehouse
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Originally Posted by aroldan64
Thanks all for your replies. I did wrote to Profile Design to hear their thoughts, but haven't received an answer yet.

The sweat issue was brought because we did saw some corrosion on the stem, as you can seen on the pictures below, and the paint did peel off very easily. I do sweat a lot and I do use the trainer once every two weeks, for a 2 hour session, so it is exposed to a lot of sweat. However, I'm sure this should not have happened, the stem should handle sweat without issues, that's why this is so puzzling to me and think that maybe the stem was defective.

Regarding weight, yes, I am a bit heavy, as "therhodeo" pointed out (tri guy lol), I weight 185 pounds. The amount of stacks is because that's how the bike was setup during the bike fitting.

I guess as some of you say, this could have been the result of various factors, but just the thought of this happening downhill scares the #$&% out of me. Don't know if the mix of the stem being AL with a Carbon wrap caused this, so I guess I'll stay with an AL only stem.

I got a new Bontrager AL stem, and I guess from now on I will check the stem more regularly and change it once every year, since I wouldn't want this to happen again.

Here are the additional photos:


First off...let me assure you that unless you're 5' 3"...185 isn't "heavy". Don't be so hard on yourself.

Second...that indeed does look like serious corrosion and to counter what you said...massive amounts of sweat will corrode aluminum.

Is this the stem here?:

http://www.amazon.com/Profile-Design.../dp/B005FEP11Y

If so the "carbon wrapped aluminum" things seems gimmicky to me...I wouldn't run one. Second...the stem looks like it corroded from the inside out...sweat got between the stem and fork and literally ate it form the inside out.

Like the others said...you're luck you're not seriously injured and I'm glad to hear you're ok. I'd thank my lucky stars, get a new stem and periodically check it for corrosion if you sweat a ton like that.
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