It does look like a deathtrap doesn't it? Probably because it is. Yes, the bottom plate (the semi-cylindrical cradle the rails sit on) just sits there, it's not fixed to anything. So if (when) one of those bolts gives the whole thing grenades and the rider dies. I'm starting to like the suggestions of retiring the thing and using it as an ornament. An excuse to go shopping for syncros, XT or equivalent I think.
Thanks for your kind words on my channel. There is a pile of parts on my workshop floor ready for the next film, plus at some point that Pace fork is getting restored as of course all the pink paint is peeling off in chunks. Whoever would have expected that to happen?
I will take it if you want to get rid.
Have been using them on most of my bikes since they came out and never had any problems, or hints of any, the design works fine. Obviously you have never used one before, quite a few posts have the same floating bottom rails for adjustment, Syncros for one
I don't trust syncros posts either, I only trust overbuilt bulky rods!Lots of stories of USE posts failing on this thread.
Be interested to know how many people have had a Syncros post fail
Lots of stories of USE posts failing on this thread.
Be interested to know how many people have had a Syncros post fail
there are only two stories of USE posts failing on here, both of those are Ti posts, but not to worry.