^^^ I would agree with the above. I am not a very hard rider but If I need
to stand up a hill I make sure my naughty bits wont impale themselves on the stem...
I have experienced the tendancy of the bikes opinion of what gear to be in differ
than mine. Maybe thats why they made the AVA stems so breakable, as a safety
precaution ??
But, as has been pointed out to me the spoke breakage issue is due to a 1mm offset
in wheel dishing. If you dished the wheel evenly the problem might go. Knowing what
little I know, I cant beleive this small amout would be noticable in the way a 20 year old
bike tracked.