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From: Rochester, NY
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a BB connects to the rest of the frame. has to be the most significantly stressed part of a bicycle's frame construction." spclark
Perhaps but it's the fork I'm most worried about WRT failure. Every other member of a frame has both ends joined to another member EXCEPT the fork. That poor steerer is a cantilevered beam, even the fork blades are connected at the dropouts via the front axle but that steerer has only wall thickness going for it
Andy.
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