OC_Rolling_Art
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Although you could run a forged steel stem like the Wald #2 or#3(which have been main-stays since the turn of the century)......the "correct-o-mundo" stem is the Torrington 't' deco pot-metal stem you are running. Anything else would just not look right.
“Friends don’t let friends ride with pot metal stems.”
But, a dislocated thumb and a broken collarbone is no joke
I too love the look of the art deco "pot metal" stem and will run mine with one when I do final assembly, but I prefer to live vicariously through others when it comes to their hardships; a broken collarbone? I'll pass.
Makes me think Marty!
I can appreciate the burden of parting one of these together, it just makes no cents. Beautiful build!