Originally Posted by EURO
Nope. In over a 100 years of cycling history, a steerer tube has NEVER EVER snapped before.
You kids need to realise that Hincapie was riding at 25-40mph on 40 kilometers of broken rocks before it broke. Unless you do that, you don't need to worry about your steerer tube.
Let's put it this way Euro. You better hope that doesn't happen to YOU. And I don't buy this 'it can only happen @ Paris Roubaix nonsense. That was a BRAND NEW factory fresh Trek. How about the bicycle YOU may be riding, you know the one with THIRTY THOUSAND MILES on it? How much you want to bet that bicycle had a couple of hundred miles on it and was specifically issued to Hincapie for THAT RACE? That is some spooky **** any way you slice it boys. I've been riding/racing for 20+ years. I've seen crank arms snap, frames crack, seatposts/handlebars/stems/rims break, almost everything. But not this. And few things could be more catastrophic.
Great
PR for Trek, eh?