Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I don't think anybody knows for sure that it's unsafe to ride, or for sure that it's safe to ride. Like you, I think the fact that there don't seem to be thousands upon thousands of broken BMC frames is pretty good evidence that it's probably safe.
A lot of people are making declarative statements that it is unsafe, however. Comparisons to missing 40% of your lug nuts is exactly that. Or "susceptible to failure". Or compared to racing boats with dramatic talk of life and death. They certainly seem to think they know it's unsafe to ride, but I haven't seen a convincing statement of evidence.