Ryan wrote: I had a friend who broke his collarbone recently when his vintage cinelli bars snapped during a decent. I immediately thought about this.
To which I reply: One thing to keep in mind is that vintage (anything pre-1998) Cinelli bars are very slightly larger (26.4mm) than most "high end" stems, which are 26.0mm. One can sort of fit the bars into the stem, but when the clamp bolt is tightened it deforms the bars and slightly ovalizes them. That makes all sorts of stress risers that will ultimately lead to a catastrophic snap. I've seen broken aluminum bars a few times, and every one was crammed into an undersized stem. -Mike in Htfd, CT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
