Fair point, well put. Shit is a tad vague!
Actually I talking about Triton and Tribsa plates. But let’s not lose sight of my main point, which was simply to state that 1/4 plate is fine. I added the Converta comments as I believe that such failures can and have led people to conclude that 1/4 is too weak, and I wanted to emphasise that is not the case.
I have no grudge against Converta plates. And if yours a performing fine, thats great!
I’ve had 4 sets break in one place or another, one was an old set cracked before I got the bike. Two were new, and one of those sets also had misaligned holes.
The first set below are not the Converta style, you can see there is more material, in general, above and below the gearbox.
The Converta plates are ‘tapered‘ in shape and I’ve had them crack at the slot, at the shallow points near the upper rear mounting point and the lower rear. I also don’t like the fact the bottom crankcase mounting point is a slot rather than a hole as I’ve had one lose its shape here.
I have to confess though, I am mainly talking about race bike experience here. And one bike in particular vibrated horribly and probably unfairly stressed the plates.
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