Werehatrack <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:Perhaps the problem is that there is no two-bolt design
that is as robust as one with four. Since three different
manufacturers have had the same kind of problem, I'd say
that there's enough of a pattern to say it's the design
itself, not its execution. One would be a random error;
two a concidence. Three is prudently regarded as a pattern
until proven otherwise.
No. The problem is in execution, not design. Go back to the
CPSC page on the recall of the Trek/Icon stem; the recall
was not all Icon stems of that genre, but those with the
narrow faceplate. The wider faceplate model was a bit
beefier and was never recalled. The 3T recall is of the Zepp
XL, only, and did not include the Forgie or The Stem both of
which are two bolt stems but are a bit more robust in the
faceplate area. The two bolt stems work, but need to be
beefy enough to handle the job. The recalls are on the more
gracile designs without the 'beef'.
- rick