should nerf bars be standard safety equiptment?
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should nerf bars be standard safety equiptment?
Heel gaurds ccan get in the way of your boots when you really lean back, ie going through the whoops or down a big hill. I removed them because it dosen't allow me to leverage my boots against the rear of the pegs. But its risky, if your foot gets i there OUCH. I had what Jay is describing happen, only I didn't ruin my knee, just got some neat bruises. There is no way to protect for everything.
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should nerf bars be standard safety equiptment?
The first safety mod I made was nerf bars, had them on for a couple of months, thought they looked hokey, and took them off. Now my Raptor looked sportier, put my foot down a couple of times, ran over it, just about tore my boot off. Keep putting my feet down when I should be leaning opposite direction in a sticky sitsuation, again got myself in trouble. I was sidehilling tilted to the right, bike stalled put right foot down, dumb, tumbled down over and over, ouch!
Bottom line, nerfs are back on, they are definitely worth having and should be a requirement from factory.
Bottom line, nerfs are back on, they are definitely worth having and should be a requirement from factory.
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should nerf bars be standard safety equiptment?
O come on people....Factory Equipment, give me a break, take some personal responsibility. The ONLY thing I might question having them on would be a child's bike. It should still be the parent responsibility to do it, but some parents won't because they don't understand. If you start bui;ding these things to be 100% safe and then one part of it fails, for WHATEVER reason, then its on the manufacter. NOT a good idea IMHO.
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should nerf bars be standard safety equiptment?
I must be the only one here but i hate nerf bars..I had them on my blaster for about a week and the netting would always get caught on stumps and crap like that and jerk me around....Maybe if i rode in a open area with no trees and stuff id like them but stock heelgaurds are enuff..
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should nerf bars be standard safety equiptment?
Nerf bars are a must for racing, but they do need to do something about the netting. The nets need to be made so that there is no possible way to get your foot caught in them. The nets should attach to the frame, if at all possible. There should be no way to get get your foot wedged in there.