Originally Posted by
urbanknight
Hmmm, what do you think will happen when it does fail? Catastrophic hospital trip or just a boring hike home?
K2? Both sides of the push-unit would need to fail for anything significant to happen. Then the bike would squat down in the rear. The sharp aluminum would be pointing rearward.
To me that sounds a lot more benign than, say, a front fork or stem failure. But more malevolent than a flat tire.