Originally Posted by
waterrockets
I'd keep running it. I've only had one FD failure, and I ride my bikes about 10x longer than most BFers. That failure was an aluminum D/A cage that fatigued at the main bend (the crease that's furthest from the bottom bracket, on the outside of the FD). It had just finally flexed too many times after six years of shifting.
Your der will not fail at that point. Actually, when mine failed, I was able to just keep riding. It would still go small->big, and I was able to go the other way with my right heel, unclipped
Haha wow.
The part is actually new, which is why I was asking. If people thought it was in danger of breaking, I would have returned it. It didn't really seem that the part would fatigue there. I might not pursue the return, just because it seems unlikely that anything is going to wrong. If it breaks 5+ years down the line, then whatever...