This was NOT the outcome after a crash! This occured on the START line in Athens. The rider clipped in, pulled on the bars to leave the line and the steerer came apart. The bike is/was virtually new and had NEVER been on the ground. You can see the stem had an offset clamp setup to minimize pressure on the carbon steerer tube. It is also the stock Bontrager RXL stem, FWIW.
QC is a bit suspect at the big T these days, eh?
If you own a new Madone, you may want to pull your stem and check out your fork...just sayin'!
And from the 'WTF' file...
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fleche-wallonne-riders-face-criminal-littering-charges
Hey, liberal, tree-hugging, do-gooder morons...isn't there something a bit more serious you could be worrying about? Really?
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Road has an article in their May edition that looks at the Trek racing division. I've not read it yet, but now you've got me itching.
The article is okay. The 'racing division' is little more than a staging area for all of the bikes that go out to sponsored teams/athletes.
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