07-20-2004, 10:53 AM
If the line is in contact with anything, the line can be comprimised and fail.
Wrapping it doesnt solve the problem, but it does give you some extra time to catch it before it becomes a problem.
If you have to zip tie lines to anything, make sure that you isolate the line from whatever it is you're tying it to.
This is something new I learned this year - it was the reason for Brian Shugg's adventure in T1 @ summit 2 years ago (going into T1 with no brakes, across the access road, across the skid pad and into a tree).
Wrapping it doesnt solve the problem, but it does give you some extra time to catch it before it becomes a problem.
If you have to zip tie lines to anything, make sure that you isolate the line from whatever it is you're tying it to.
This is something new I learned this year - it was the reason for Brian Shugg's adventure in T1 @ summit 2 years ago (going into T1 with no brakes, across the access road, across the skid pad and into a tree).