Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> At the risk of somewhat disagreeing with the esteemed Mr. Brown, I do
> not follow his advice to automatically replace AVA stems. These
> stems have been known to fail, but then Campy NR cranks were known to
> crack at the junction of right arm and spider, and I know of no one
> automatically replacing all NR cranks just because of that.
That's true, but a stem failure is potentially much more serious than a crank failure. When a crank fails, you lose the ability to pedal, but when a stem fails you completely lose control of the bicycle.
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John "been there, done that; had the collapsed lung to show for it --
and I got off lucky" (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA