broken steertube

[ivanooze]

this past tuesday i went out to do some big ring intervals (53x12?) up a climb at 20-30 rpm

-every part of the bike was feeling great during the warmup but then... it happened

- as soon as i started pulling up on the bars for my 1st interval, i feel a sudden loosening of the bars. i stop to check what had happened.
- at first i thought the faceplate had loosened, causing the bars to swing up, but it wasn't that.

-next i checked the headset bolt, thinking that it had broken leaving it possible for the stem to slide off the steertube somehow, but... it wasn't that either.

- Next i thought, ok it must be the stem bolts that loosened causing the stem/bars to move out of their alignment. But of course, as you can tell from the title of this thread, that it wasn't the stem at all.

-Finally, i grab the bike by the stem and begin to move it up and down. From there i see where the base of the stem meets my headset spacer begin to open up.

- From here i thought 2 things.
1. I'm glad this didn't happen while descending and..
2. This is freaking awesome, i almost just pulled off a Hincapie.

-with all that being said, is it still safe to ride my bike despite having the steertube fail on me like that? I've ridden my fuji roubaix for 8 years now, and within those 8 years, it's been subject to rain rides, dirt rides, numerous crashes, and of course numerous amounts of mileage.

here's a few pics for your viewing pleasure
https://forums.thepaceline.net/attac...1&d=1513832084

https://forums.thepaceline.net/attac...1&d=1513832091

https://forums.thepaceline.net/attac...1&d=1513832096

https://forums.thepaceline.net/attac...1&d=1513832102