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Old 12-20-14 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MichaelW
How can a seatpost transfer 1/4 ton (560lbs)braking force.
How you ask?

It's all in the mechanical physics applied.
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Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?
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