Old 10-08-13 | 02:12 PM
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Long Tom
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From: Go Ducks!
Bdop seems like the man and I ain't hatin'... but his last bit about how the crash shouldn't have ended the frame's existence seems like a reach to me. The guy hit a MOTORCYCLE. That's essentially an immovable object from a sub 20-lb bike's perspective. Not to mention whatever direct hit(s) the frame might have taken to individual tube members during the crash at whatever angles, which are huge yet utterly unknown variables.

A properly executed frame- bike or otherwise- has a strength in "purposeful unity" that far exceeds the sum of the individual parts. Meaning, it carries loads that it was designed to carry but counts on the integrity of the whole. Once the whole fails, all bets are off for individual parts. In the case of a bike frame- highly refined objects, designed for minimal weight- this is even more true than with many other, less refined, frameworks.
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