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Old 02-21-15 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
Every single one we sold to local customers ended up cracking at the bottom cut of the seatpost clamp. Our sponsored rider Bojac cracked three of them (the third one lasting only about 20 miles).
Lack of stress relief, that's a design flaw...
If leader had the inner ends of the seatclamp slots drilled or made more circular, stress concentration cracking would not be an issue.
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