Originally Posted by
oddjob2
An Italian death stem! Gee and the way folklore goes around here and Sheldon Brown, you'd think only French stems cracked.
FWIW, the only stem I've ever broken was also a TTT stem. The good news is that I wasn't riding when it happened (bike fell over while I was taking a break). The bad news was that we were on a loaded tour in a very remote area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.