AVA I believe was making alloy stems before the WWII. Does anyone know if the very early ones were more or less reliable? It seems that many French parts were made to lower and lower quality standards by the 60's and 70's - did the AVA stems suffer this fate as well, or were they always a source of concern.
Mike Kone in Boulder CO
> Paul Cooley a écrit:
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\r?\n> >I was reading Sheldon Brown's website on French bikes, and he states that t
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\r?\n> >AVA stems are not safe and should be replaced. Does anyone know why they
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\r?\n> 'Cause they're liable to break, and then the handlebars fall off.
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\r?\n> When the handlebars fall off, it is hard to keep the bike from crashing.
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\r?\n> Crashing hurts! ;-)
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