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Re: [ST] Low Speed Damage



A note on all of these stories, and the complaints on fairing damage: get yourself some frame sliders for $70.  Most people think of these things as high-speed crash protection.  But (my own story) one time when I was at a gas station that had some pumps that were full service and some that were self service, I was circling while my focus was reading/looking high up (the top canapy is where it stated this), and all of a sudden I found that I was paying attention enough to my circling - was going to slow for my circling lean.  Well the bike started to go down.  Like most others, I fought it so that it was more "placed" on the ground gently than an outright fall.  The bike sat on the frame slider, never toughing any of the ST's plastics to the ground.  Picked it up - all was fine.
 
Food for thought - a few bucks well spent given the cost of the plastics.  They protect the plastics in riding crashes, low speed get-offs, and even if someone were to knock it over while parked.  
 
Matt Heyer
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