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/
>>>>>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.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, California<<<<<