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On my new karate monkey, the brake levers hit the top tube. If i crash its going to be big dent time. Is this common?
yes its common
no it wont damage it, either;
*fit weak brake levers
*run them closer to horisontal to clear the bar (also has handling benifits)
*don't fully tighten the lever clamps so they can spin in a crash.
*don't crash, this is my prefered option, and when it fails I've never more than taken the paint off my bike.
[b]yes it can really make a mess of your top tube unless[/b] you, either;
*fit weak brake levers
*run them closer to horisontal to clear the bar (also has handling benifits)
*don't fully tighten the lever clamps so they can spin in a crash.
That's more like it, worth playing around, seen frames written off like that.
Well the choice is either, possibly cack up the handling with a setup you don't like, or live with it.
Or........
BMX top tube pad for the fixie-hipster-lost-in-the-woods look!
