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Old 06-02-18 | 12:33 AM
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Bad Lag
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Bikes: 1974 Bob Jackson - Nuovo Record, Brooks Pro, Clips & Straps

The right side of the handle bars looks closed down a bit, the drop is more parallel to the ground than the left (right side as viewed by a rider).

If something came up from below to smoosh the bar, that same force would move the stem to the left. As directions are relative, the force could have come from above with a solid support beneath the bar on the right side. Either way, you'd likely get the damage as seen. It may not have been crashed but some thing likely hit iti hard enough to change the bend in the bars and tweak the stem.

I have two or three of those stems. I agree with the others, it is not inserted deep enough.
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