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Re: This is a brutal game.

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Originally Posted by Stonefan5271138
I'm not sure, but doesn't fiberglass just shatter?
Yes, it does shatter, but first it bends and deflects quite a ways, and this was the problem...we had some bolts that got into the roller when the fiberglass bar deflected too far.



the center of the three bars is 1/8" x 1" steel angle iron. The two aluminum pieces of square tubing had been straightened and then bent again.

The roller problem was mostly due to our crash diet because of a lack of a weight budget, we cut the slots to lose weight and that probably contributed the failure....that's life as a rookie team, I suppose.

Fixing this kind of damage is a nice challenge, so I'm not complaining!

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