I had bars come lose during a sprint tt coming around the 1st bend, a 2 bolt stem with the correct torque used for the bolts, and assembly paste.
I stick to 4 bolt now, or 1 bolt quill stems. its a good idea to use some loctite on the bolts too, alot of stems come with some already applied tho
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I had bars come lose during a sprint tt coming around the 1st bend,
a 2 bolt stem with the correct torque used for the bolts, and assembly paste.
I stick to 4 bolt now, or 1 bolt quill stems. its a good idea to use some loctite on the bolts too, alot of stems come with some already applied tho