agree, rather than breaking a fastener, you're apt to lose one from looseness. Mud is the worst for corrosion. A reasonable cleaning schedule with Boeshield will limit any problems from corrosion.
On Friday, October 24, 2014 10:18:41 AM UTC-5, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > > The only bolts I've ever sheared where chainring bolts when I used some > alloy fancy-schmancy ones on a singlespeed setup. After shearing 4 of the > 5 on the first ride, I went back to steel. > > As far as a preference to stainless, it has more to do with digging > corrosion out of the head on the non-stainless bolts. As moisture can tend > to sit on them, this seems to be consistent. > > - Jim > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
