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@Slack
What a fucking dick, "I was doing a one-handed wheelie, hit some shit in the road / dip in the asphault and went to hold it back like I usually do." Yeah I call bullshit on that one. Besides if I said "yeah I was just down at the skate park and I snapped my carbon record post whilst throwing down some whips like I usually do". I think I would only have myself to blame for using components that clearly weren't designed for 'tricks', "yea. ive never heard of Thomson stems breaking." Maybe because they are not a product designed only for road use (apart from the road stem obviously)? The fact the a Thomson would be lighter at the same length is irrelevant because a Miche is not designed for that kind of stress, just means it's a heavy road seat post not a strong one. Would you say a set of lightweight wheels were shit and fail all the time if I broke a pair dropping down stairs, or would you say I was a fool for using a 2.5-3.5k road wheelset for doing jumps?