in message , jim beam
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James Annan wrote:
jim beam wrote:

James Annan wrote:
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"The conclusion is that the braking action of disc brakes is not
causing the quick release mechanism to unscrew. This test is unable
to cause loosening. At this time there are no reasons to believe
that anything is missing or over constrained in this test."

james, did you check out the pics i posted of my own disk brakes?

Yes, but if you thought I'd be interested in a single case of "my
wheel didn't slip" then you have missed the point very very badly
indeed.

polite as always. james, the point is not my "single case" but the
lack
of cases that you present to the contrary. post some pics of forks
evidencing slippage if you please. dismissal of evidence that
contradicts your accusations does not add credibility to your case.

Darth Ben of Kinetics carried out his own independent tests and observed
slippage under braking, with properly tightened skewers; and published
his results on the net. If this happens in 0.01% of bicycles that's
still an awful lot of very nasty crashes. The fact that it doesn't
happen in 99.9% of bicycles is good news but does not prove there is no
problem.

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