Originally Posted by
3alarmer
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...here's the thing, Whiffy. You can stick a bearing in just aboot anywhere with way cool carbon fiber plastic molding technology.
You could stick one in each fork leg if you wanted. But it's not necessarily a good idea. There's a whole support system for the bearing.
And there are a number of ways that can lead to failure in what was once an area of the frame that was less problematic.
You can either believe me on that or not. I still hope your package gets there soon.

Oh, I believe you... but that something
could be poorly designed doesn't mean that
these are poor designs (and the majority opinion from those that have actually ridden them is that they're not poor designs).