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11-08-16, 04:56 AM

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verktyg

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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!

Thanks @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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Last edited by verktyg; 11-08-16 at 05:02 AM.

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