Black Dog said:
If there was an issue with the bolts then SP should have said so.
The bowtie bolts are commercially available as well. Grainger, McMaster Carr, Tacoma Screw, Fasteners Express, Fastenal all carry these items. Fasteners Express sells the aluminum ones.
I have always listed that the 7075-T6 Aluminum bolts are 530 mPa (tensile strength). Stainless and Furnace Black Steel are 900 mPa. Grade 5 Titanium is 880 mPa. And always stated 'Use-At-Your-Own-Risk'.
So what is the issue? Safety? What about carbon fiber chain rings? Carbon fiber bottle cage bolts. I have had 2 SLR saddle rails break on me. I have had a Spinergy Rev X front wheel delaminate causing me to crash. I had an old Zipp 440 literally melt on me during a long downhill decent. I have had a Time Stiletto fork crack. I have raced for over 15 years now and have over 150,000 miles logged and so I have gone through a lot more stuff than your average rider.
Selle Italia promptly sent me a replacement twice. Time sent me a replacement fork even though the cracked fork was over 5 years old. Zipp and Spinergly both offered me a couple hundred dollars off a new wheelset (no thank you). No replacement.
The cycling industry is full of 'dangerous stuff'. People drill out stems, cranks, etc... People use carbon shifter clamps. and on and on..... All of which are just as 'dangerous' if not more so than alloy bowtie bolts.
As stated earlier this all started when I sold rebuild kits and replacement bolts. I then posted instructions. I received the letter from SP. I then deleted my post along with a short description why. Was my intent to hurt SP? No. My only agenda was to let people know what happened and why. The truth. Obviously just 'my-side-of-the-story'. How many people here post someone else's side of the story?
Why is it being debated here? Isn't a cycling forum a good place to discuss cycling related issues? People ask questions. Others answer. Then other speculate. This is the nature of a public cycling forum.
Should it be debated in court? What is there to debate? Legally there is no issue on either side. This case would be thrown out long before it ever even had a chance to get to trial.
Just my 2 cents.