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Benjamin Lewis
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jobst brandt wrote:
> Johnny Walker wrote:
>
>> oh, and since you obviously missed it countless times before, the
>> reason for /not/ front mounting a caliper is FATIGUE. cast alloys
>> such as those in forks and calipers ARE NOT GOOD IN TENSILE FATIGUE.
>> that's a pretty fundamental omission from someone that seems to feel
>> qualified to lecture on what comprises good engineering design.
>
> Oh hogwash! Nearly all current disk brake calipers have at least one
> of the two retaining bolts exerting tension on its attachment eye.
> Besides, fork stanchions, to which these are attached, are loaded in
> bending which naturally causes tension and compression about a neutral
> axis. Stop generating this stream of specious argumentation and offer
> something constructive.
>
> Just in case you don't have the URL for Webster's Dictionary at hand:
>
> Specious: 3 : having a false look of truth or genuineness
I disagree that "jim beam's" arguments have that quality, at least for
mildly educated readers.
--
Benjamin Lewis
Now is the time for all good men to come to.
-- Walt Kelly
> Johnny Walker wrote:
>
>> oh, and since you obviously missed it countless times before, the
>> reason for /not/ front mounting a caliper is FATIGUE. cast alloys
>> such as those in forks and calipers ARE NOT GOOD IN TENSILE FATIGUE.
>> that's a pretty fundamental omission from someone that seems to feel
>> qualified to lecture on what comprises good engineering design.
>
> Oh hogwash! Nearly all current disk brake calipers have at least one
> of the two retaining bolts exerting tension on its attachment eye.
> Besides, fork stanchions, to which these are attached, are loaded in
> bending which naturally causes tension and compression about a neutral
> axis. Stop generating this stream of specious argumentation and offer
> something constructive.
>
> Just in case you don't have the URL for Webster's Dictionary at hand:
>
> Specious: 3 : having a false look of truth or genuineness
I disagree that "jim beam's" arguments have that quality, at least for
mildly educated readers.
--
Benjamin Lewis
Now is the time for all good men to come to.
-- Walt Kelly