"Bret Wade" wrote in message
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I didn't see where bad bearings fit into the original premise of stupid
light racing equipment anyway.

Did you possibly see where undersized bearings did? By the way, those same
size bearings are used in many wheels.

And the fork failures described both involved crashes where operator error
was the root cause and a crash would have occurred whether the fork failed
or not.

Bret, when a fork leg breaks off you go face first into the street. If it
bends you generally are thrown off sideways. By all means tell me which you
would prefer.

As for operator error - do you actually believe that you aren't going to
make the occasional error and if the equipment is designed properly it will
keep that error from becoming serious?