Syntace

In my previous post I mentioned that I would email Syntace asking where their stems are made. I got a very prompt reply from a Krischan Spranz. It turns out that the stem is made in the “far east”. I would guess that translates to China. So it looks I have a German stem in name only. That is OK though. The stem is beautiful and you can’t complain about something so well polished.

Krischan told me to check the date code of the stem to see if it was affected by a recal.

Wait… a recall? What?

It turns out that early Syntace F99 stems had a tendency to break at the steerer tube clamp. Check out this link.

http://www.syntace.com/index.cfm?pid=1&pk=1207

A inspection of the date code on the stem will indicate if the stem is affected. Thankfully, my stem was made after the recall period. If you happen to have a Syntace F99 stem then please check your date code.

I have to applaud a company like Syntace who willingly brings to attention a potential safety issue. It takes a lot of integrity, especially for a smaller company like Syntace, to post a recall like this.