Originally Posted by
Mogaz74
Thanks juvela! I am the aforementioned Dad who bought the bike as a project to work on with my son. I read on Sheldon Brown's site that the French made bars and stems have a reputation for breaking so I will be changing those out soon. I have passed the info on to my son to lower that stem into the head tube more. Thanks again!
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juvela I forgot to mention that point....
Mogaz74, Stems need to be inserted at least 75mm-80mm (~3") into the fork steerer for safety sake. When that far extended the stem or the threaded part of fork steerer can break off.
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Chas.