In a message dated 10/30/00 5:30:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jac33@tron.arts.cornell.edu writes:
> Recently I decided to yank the bars up a bit,
> gave them a bit too much umph, and pulled the
> stem/bars out (what can I say -- I'm Jackie
> Chan's stunt double). After doing this I
> noticed something a little disconcerting: the
> stem doesn't seem to have a min insertion line.
> Is this common? How much stem should I leave
> in b4 I start risking injury?
Jon, I dug out a comparable stem, a Cinelli (also uses expander cone as opposed to wedge), to use as a guide and made my own line with magic marker. It was approx. 2 1/4".
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa