re extraordinary footpeg engineering exb csdvax csd unsw edu au wrote okay dod ers here s a goddamn mystery for ya oh goody i love a puzzle watson the games afoot today i was turning a degree corner just like on any other day but there was a slight difference a rough spot right in my path caused the suspension to compress in mid corner and some part of the bike hit the ground with a very tangible thunk i pulled over at first opportunity to sus out the damage stuff deleted okay all you engineering types how the f k do you explain this how can you rip a tightly fitting steel thread out of a threaded hole in alloy without damaging the thread in the hole is this some sort of hi tech design thingo let me guess you were making a left turn correct the edge of the stud contacting the road caused it to turn and unthread itself if you had been making a right turn it would have tightened the stud bill ranck bill ranck vt edu computing center virginia polytchnic inst state univ blacksburg va
