Head Stems

"NickZX6R" wrote in message
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Maybe a contributing factor is the drive towards lighter parts at the
same time that a lot of people don't use their bikes much - I mean that
manufacturers probably don't expect most people to ride many thousands
of kms on one bike?

Anyone else got some direct experience to offer here?

I remember reading an article (tried googling but can't find it)
about ITM "THE" stems failing at the bolt holes. They would
split because there simply wasn't enough material to hold the
thing together. Does this mean we should also stop buying
forged stems?

I have a welded steel stem, welded alu stem, and some
forged alu stems... I'll let you know which one dies first,
just so long as they give me a laptop w/ 'net in hospital!

Sidenote: I vaguely remember THE tem costing ~$500+!!

hippy