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Jul 29, 2006 | 05:59 AM

negcamber

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TC Design BSK Question

Need a little help. Picked up this BSK and I'm trying to figure out which version it is and if it has the latest rod-end hardware. I apologize for the phone pic, but I haven't replaced my dead digicam yet.

Note the tapered rod at the hub end. Is the pic on Go Fast Lab of the latest version? While the rod-end hardware looks similar to the one I have, the rod diameter of mine looks much larger.

Jul 29, 2006 | 08:58 AM

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Wow...got an answer from Tony of TC Design before anyone could reply on S2ki! And on a Saturday too! Kudos to TC Design.

The answer is that it is the latest version but one of a batch of 10 using a thicker rod bar.

Jul 29, 2006 | 12:23 PM

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is the one with a thicker rod bar better? more durable?

Jul 29, 2006 | 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CwestinAP1,Jul 29 2006, 04:23 PM

is the one with a thicker rod bar better?

Ask your wife...thicker is better!

Seriously...Tony said that he had supply problems for parts to make the thin bar and he had orders to fill.

The thick bar appears to be hollow, where as I know the thinner bar is solid. Given what I've seen of Tony's work, I'd guess that he chose a hollow bar with fairly equivalent strength as the solid bar.