Originally Posted by
purplepeople
Consider yourself fortunate.... I've had an eyebolt straighten out under load. Unless I've welded it shut, I wouldn't trust it vs a solid plate.
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Must've been really crappy steel in that eye bolt or you loaded it wrong. Either way the way mine are installed the load is on the shaft not the eye.
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My preferred bicycle brand is.......WORKSMAN CYCLES
I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.
Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?