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The 9-Feb-2009 At 5:12:42 PM Tris

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On 9/02/2009 nmonteith wrote:
>On 9/02/2009 simey wrote:
>>It would be a worthwhile exercise if someone is planning on re-equipping
>>any old routes to make a similar video of bolt removal.
>>I would be intrigued to see the pull-out strength of many of the old
>carrots
>>that currently exist on existing classics.
>
>90% of the time you'll see a lot of huffng and puffing and then someone
>snapping the bolt off. The ease which these expansions were removed is
>the worst i have ever seen, and the reason i am interested in seeing if
>they can be installed better.

Many of the bolts which were pulled out of Urbanville (NSW) recently came out with minimal effort. These bolts were the stailess steel machine bolts with a dab of araldite on the end (not technically a carrot bolt). All they needed was a 1/4 turn and then you pull them out.