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Rock in the Belt (Read 433 times)

Digger

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Re: Rock in the Belt
Reply #30 - 08/30/10 at 23:45:17

Routy wrote on 08/30/10 at 05:58:07:

Rout,
I should have pointed out that I've been riding this bike for almost 9 years now.
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Yes, I guess odds of a wheel lockup would be slim.
But I'm going w/ a "rock flap" up front,.......why not,
its got to lower the odds !

I think you're right....be sure and post pics, plz!

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Re: Rock in the Belt
Reply #31 - 08/31/10 at 00:02:55

Ive got a 1000 foot gravel drive and have to ride a mile on a gravel road to hit the blacktop, i dont sweat the rocks to much.
Makes a he!! of a noise when one the size of a nickel or so gets sucked through. I think youd have to have one the size of a golfball to lock it up.
And then the savage(s40) would probably just eat it and burp. Tough lil rides....lol

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Re: Rock in the Belt
Reply #32 - 08/31/10 at 06:25:56

Just for fun Wolfman, remember that there are a bunch of different types of "gravel" and even within the types there is a huge difference in friability and hardness. One man's talc is another man's diamond, but they can both be in gravel. I don't think you'd want to try and run a piece of river rock (sedimintary) with a MOHS hardness of 7 plus through your belt, but you could probably feed pieces of talc -MOHS hardness 1 - in all day. Grin

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Rock in the Belt Reply #33 - 08/31/10 at 07:02:12 I have a belt with a hole in it from a rock.
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: Rock in the Belt Reply #34 - 08/31/10 at 08:23:18 After reading all these posts, I have decided to make this part of my check list. I don't ride on a lot of gravel. Yet all it takes is one lil rock or chunk. Thanks guys for bringing this to my attention. kim
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Re: Rock in the Belt
Reply #35 - 08/31/10 at 11:58:08

Weelll now i dont recall the county ever useing any limestone or sandstone for graveling any roads around here.
Dont reckon their going to use any granite either. Most IS river rock which is a combination of many types of rocks.
My point was its going to have to be a pretty decent sized rock to lock it up. Have'nt exactly had time to check the hardness of the local gravel. Tongue

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