was discussed on the Salon a while back
sounds like some folk believe drilling would work:
http://www.velocipedesalon.com/forum...stem-3538.html
Maybe out of context, so watch out:
"The stress in the stem is near the ends of the strut..... not in the middle. It's like plunking a hole in a down tube to put in a bottle boss. Frames don't break at the bottle boss and your stem won't fail at the hole of it's not near the ends of the strut."
Dave
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Last edited by eddief; 09-05-2015 at 12:48 PM.
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