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Bikes: Ron Cooper touring, 1959 Jack Taylor 650b ladyback touring tandem, Vitus 979, Joe Bell painted Claud Butler Dalesman, Colin Laing curved tube tandem, heavily-Dilberted 1982 Trek 6xx, René Herse tandem
Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
The only stem I've had fail was a TTT stem, and that's where it failed. I don't know if I had been riding it cracked; I was on a loaded tour, stopped for a rest, wind blew the bike over, and when I picked it up, the handlebar fell off.
Can you explain where exactly the crack on yours ran? Inquiring minds and whatnot.
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