back yard budget hard tail build.

[dynamitedave]

I have heard from people on this board that my bikes are going to break and they are dangerous. blah blah. My bikes are doing great and I ride the shit out of them. Build what you want and don't listen to these who think they know everything about your build before you even finish it. Glad to see something that isn't a shiny bolt on cafe on this board. Now hurry up and finish it.

 

[VonYinzer]

I have heard from people on this board that my bikes are going to break and they are dangerous. blah blah. My bikes are doing great and I ride the shit out of them. Build what you want and don't listen to these who think they know everything about your build before you even finish it. Glad to see something that isn't a shiny bolt on cafe on this board. Now hurry up and finish it.

Ha!

 

[crazypj]

None of that stuff was designed to be a cantilever beam, the bike on web site isn't the one in picture here
The basic math from an engineering standpoint is pretty simple, even I have a book explaining it somewhere
There are a couple of people on this site who are real engineering graduates, I would contact one of them and ask if they would 'run the numbers' before spouting how safe or otherwise it is.
I know for a fact I could beak (or at least severely bend) the damn thing pretty easy just riding it, so, in my opinion, it isn't safe