I have several bikes with a "Pivo" stem that looks nearly identical to the Ava. Were they know to break also?
>From: "Moos, Jerry" <jmoos@urc.com>
>To: "'Bingham, Wayne'" <WBINGHAM@imf.org>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: RE: [CR]AVA "death stem" ID
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:07:11 -0400
>
>I guess the one in the auction also differs in having a vertical rather
>than
>horizonal bar clamp bolt, so they are different models, but I don't know
>that one type was any more reliable than the other. BTW, I've seen nearly
>identical stems to both models marked with another brand or with no brand.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jerry Moos
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bingham, Wayne [mailto:WBINGHAM@imf.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 3:47 PM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: RE: [CR]AVA "death stem" ID
>
>
>I don't think that one is the "death stem". Take a look at the pictures
>here:
>
>http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1304152&a=12713123
>
>
> >>>>>Anyone care to ID whether this is or is not the AVA stem that was
>known
>to break? I don't have any first hand experience with breaking the
>style shown in this auction.
>
><http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
>Chuck Schmidt
>South Pasadena, California<<<<<