Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Yeah now that you mention it, I bought a stem today and to my surprise there was a sticker on it that said you must always install a 5mm spacer under the stem, and if you have a carbon steerer you should also have a 5mm spacer on top. I don't believe it because I've never heard it before.

Read about it a while ago, can't remember the exact wording but something about running a carbon steerer without spacers you're placing it under excess pressure. Can lead to failure.

I don't have any carbon parts so not a worry personally. I wouldn't risk fork failure for the sake of aesthetics though, have had a pair of forks fail and a front wheel fold on me, fortunately both were mountain biking, cuts and bruises, could've been alot worse doing 50 on tarmac.

Superjoe - reckon the logo would look good in the same font but big in a big semi circle around half the wheel>?