Originally Posted by
dddd
The point I made, that you refer to, is that without testing of the drilled parts, they are upteen times more-likely to fail.
Another point to consider is that none of us will live forever. Death could come at any time!
So, if your posessions/estate were sold off, do you really want some un-knowledgeable new owner having to pay the consequences of your hapless re-engineering of a crankarm or handlebar clamp?
These modifcations are like sabotage imo.
I'm only 23 and have a decent head on my shoulders. No plans to die tomorrow and pass off my drilled cranks to some unsuspecting new owner >.>
I'll make sure I leave a note in my will that the crank arms could be unsafe. That being said I don't think a crank arm snapping while riding is the end of the world, in fact I doubt you'd even fall off unless you were climbing some pretty knarly hill and really laying into it, at which point you probably aren't going very fast anyways and a fall wouldn't be too hard.
Edit: They just arrived in the mail today. Going out in the garage to take care of them now. Wish me luck
(except for all the negative Nancies. I don't want their negative luck)