Originally Posted by
oldbobcat
And sometimes they got bent in a crash, and we'd pull them straight again.
Then maybe 45 years later pulling the tape off vintage bars and there's weird perpendicular dings and stressy marks near the stem, "what's this?" 🤔
I tossed 'em this morning. At first I considered using them, 'the bike is more for show than go' and new tape will cover the dings...WTF am I thinking!
Into the recycle bin, next to the AVA stem that lost an epic battle for Who Controls the Fork.