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Re: Bumpers: Metal Edging To Retain Cloth Needed ?

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Originally Posted by de_ View Post
Just looking for a little reassurance that other teams are quite successfully using bumpers without any special mechanical cloth "clamping" system like our L aluminum edging ?
It works perfectly fine without angle, if you have strong fabric and staple it well.

But the angle is free weight, and hence free traction. Why not use it, if the extra thickness doesn't impinge on any dimensional limit?