Motor torque alternating with regen braking can act to loosen your nuts.
The resulting crash can rip them clean off. Your own personal nuts, that is.
Just yesterday, I snapped off my derailler mount on my aluminum frame. No crack, no bending, no warning whatsoever, it just snapped off, without any huge load.
Steel would have most likely bent a bit, or shown a crack, there would likely have been some warning first, and the greater strength would probably not have broken.
Where I was with the traffic conditions, if that had been my front fork, I would probably not be making any more posts, here or anywhere else.
Steel fork. No suspension. No regen. Low power.
Alternative would be to get a really nice insurance policy for your surviving next of kin.
The resulting crash can rip them clean off. Your own personal nuts, that is.
Just yesterday, I snapped off my derailler mount on my aluminum frame. No crack, no bending, no warning whatsoever, it just snapped off, without any huge load.
Steel would have most likely bent a bit, or shown a crack, there would likely have been some warning first, and the greater strength would probably not have broken.
Where I was with the traffic conditions, if that had been my front fork, I would probably not be making any more posts, here or anywhere else.
Steel fork. No suspension. No regen. Low power.
Alternative would be to get a really nice insurance policy for your surviving next of kin.