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Old 04-29-19, 09:30 AM
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I'd be leary of using a non-tandem rated fork on a tandem.

Rated for a 450 pound tandem team is not the same as being rated for upto 450 pounds.

Also: Is your fork rated for the extra torque of a larger rotor? To go from a 160 to a 180mm rotor is ~20% more torque on the fork blade.

I certainly would think long & hard about using something that far out of specs. Especially where it's more than just myself involved.

Your fork comes with 140mm rotors...that alone should tell you what the engineers had in mind when it comes to anticipated loads.

Think on it.
Aaron
(Who owns a broken carbon disc fork)
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