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Why micro gearing sucks for race bikes...
RATTY:
Fook that, the shop would be wearing the remains of that chainring if that was me :knuppel2:
SaMAlex:
--- Quote from: kennyhunter6061 on February 27, 2008, 07:00 PM ---The ring itself is pretty thick at the bolts but Saints come with alloy bolts which can't be as strong as the usual bmx cromo/stainless ones. I reckon one of the bolts has snapped and the ring has then done likewise. The problem with the 4-bolt design is that if one bolt fails it makes almost 1/2 the ring unsupported, whereas with a 5-bolt design it's far less and the other bolts have a better chance of keeping it all together.
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That all makes perfect sense, spot on Id say.
Good old Shimano. What do they know about BMX anymore anyway? (ooohhhhh :-X)
baldbmxer:
C'mon Kenny - you should know that putting Danny Kerr on a bike is only gona end up in bent metal, ripped grips, torn skin and hurt pride :LolLolLolLol:
Hope you're OK Danny, how did you explain your latest venture over the bars to the wife? 8)
baldbmxer:
--- Quote from: S&MAlex on February 27, 2008, 07:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: kennyhunter6061 on February 27, 2008, 07:00 PM ---The ring itself is pretty thick at the bolts but Saints come with alloy bolts which can't be as strong as the usual bmx cromo/stainless ones. I reckon one of the bolts has snapped and the ring has then done likewise. The problem with the 4-bolt design is that if one bolt fails it makes almost 1/2 the ring unsupported, whereas with a 5-bolt design it's far less and the other bolts have a better chance of keeping it all together.
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That all makes perfect sense, spot on Id say.
Good old Shimano. What do they know about BMX anymore anyway? (ooohhhhh :-X)
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They make some spangley pedal and shoe combos :daumenhoch:
kennyhunter6061:
I don't think his business partner sees the funny side of all these injuries. Literally five minutes before it happened we all said to him "Don't be going over the bars today!" ::) His first words after it happened were "You'll need to send a picture of that to Jonathan Hearns" ;D
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