jmillheiser wrote:
bingo, frame sliders do more harm than good if your going faster than about 5mph. They help reduce fairing damage in minor drops but can cause frame damage in a crash at speed.
I would look into going with race plastics now. Hell maybe just turn it into a track bike.
it depends... i saw two bikes that got saved by their frame sliders from a high speed lowside at the tracks... the ground ate up half of the slider but no bent frame.
i really doubt it bent my frame but we'll see.
EDIT: oh and i'll wait before i buy race plastics... now, i don't have to worry about buying race plastics for the track since this one is sracthed already.
Last edited by VermilionX on Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:41 pm, edited 2 times in total.
jmillheiser wrote:
bingo, frame sliders do more harm than good if your going faster than about 5mph. They help reduce fairing damage in minor drops but can cause frame damage in a crash at speed.
I would look into going with race plastics now. Hell maybe just turn it into a track bike.
it depends... i saw two bikes that got saved by their frame sliders from a high speed lowside at the tracks... the ground ate up half of the slider but no bent frame.
i really doubt it bent my frame but we'll see.
EDIT: oh and i'll wait before i buy race plastics... now, i don't have to worry about buying race plastics for the track since this one is sracthed already.
yeah but they prolly low sided at speed in a corner with the bike 4 inches from the tarmac from which a milli second later it was sliding across nice smooth grass until it sedately stopped
not quite the "throw it down the bitchumen and gravel path from a upright position" is it
good your not hurt.....bikes are easily fixed or replaced
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