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Everything was fine until the frame slider dug into the dirt and started the bike flipping. The frame slider is the broken-off piece in the first photo. It broke the case as it tore off, too. Notice the bent forks and shattered rear wheel. Another bike crashed in the same turn that day and only needed a new rearset and clutch lever to be back out later in the day. | Everything was fine until the frame slider dug into the dirt and started the bike flipping. The frame slider is the broken-off piece in the first photo. It broke the case as it tore off, too. Notice the bent forks and shattered rear wheel. Another bike crashed in the same turn that day and only needed a new rearset and clutch lever to be back out later in the day. | ||
We have been keeping statistics on bike crashes at the track for the last few years, and bikes with frame sliders are more than 3 times as likely to suffer major damage than bikes without. | We have been keeping statistics on bike crashes at the track for the last few years, and bikes with frame sliders are more than 3 times as likely to suffer major damage than bikes without. | ||