Old 04-02-20, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by alo
This bike would be OK until you had a crash. It would not be as strong in a head on collision, or even hitting a large pot hole.
Slingshot bikes have a glass fiber hinge at the seat lug/top tube junction. Chances are that a Slingshot bike would survive undamaged a front-end impact that would damage the front wheel, fork, or frame of a conventional bike.
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