Thread: I enjoy going into "the 41" and reading about frames breaking
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Old 01-18-13 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by iab
Again. You are changing the definition of failure.

Steel and aluminum bends. Carbon cracks. Sometimes you can ride it, sometimes you can't. I put failure into the can't silo. I put damage into the can silo.
I am? I'm talking about breakage. What are you talking about? All types of frames break. Some warn you first. Steel is safer as a result, since you can get off the bike before it breaks.
Originally Posted by iab
Retail is for goyim.
Please. That's not funny. Let's not perpetuate that stereotype, please.
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