Originally Posted by
WVU_Engineer
As an engineer that works in the aerospace field I would like to point out that aircraft have inspections every so many flight hours, and I don't mean someone just looking at them.
Airplanes are also designed with a safety factor of 3.0 or less - by necessity or they wouldn't fly. Airplanes also routinely operate for long periods at loads very near the design load. Neither of these factors apply to bicycle design and operation.