Originally Posted by
sirtigersalot
1/8th alloy? how have you not bent that, those things bend so easy, the fsa/raceface alloy ones are 1/4 inch and won't bend, but they dig into logs easier instead of sliding over like the plastic ones, with the abuse i've seen e13bashes take on friends DH bikes I really think its just overdoing the bolts that cracks em
I don't know. I guess I never really land on it full-force. Just glance off ot it. Altho I do it hard enough to take bits of metal off the guard here and there. I took a chance on it not knowing if it would be really strong enough to hold up but so far so good. Metal is pretty strong stuff!
I imagine that if I managed to seriosuly slam it into something it will break or bend. Almost every time I have hit it involved an urban step up or down that I didn't check clearance on. The sort of stuff I have broken chainrings on before I started using bash rings.