In a message dated 6/1/01 12:48:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, GandJFahey writes:
<< The thousands and thousands of unbroken bars, stems, frames, rims, chains, cranks, etc. are mostly not talked about. >>
I don't want to understate the potential risk of a bar breaking, but I do think folks tend to run around like chicken-little- the-sky-is-falling over these kind of topics, Routine cleaning and close inspection is a logical way to avoid potential problems, NOT dumping the parts altogether or repeatedly chanting redundant warnings!!
Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina