• moshankey@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    As a former cyclist, steel is real. I’ve seen aluminum bikes fail (as in, break at the top and down tube)during a ride. Screw your aluminum!

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      3 months ago

      not to defend Alluminium (bleh), but that’s likely a production error, bad hydroforming, bad welds… at least it’s not CF!

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        3 months ago

        It was the early 90’s and Raleigh had a line called Technium. The tubes were bonded to the lugs. Not really welded. More pinned and “glued” I guess. The frame broke at either the top or down tube and there went the fork, and my buddy’s face. Screw aluminum. Steel has memory. I found that out the hard way. I’m far from a metallurgist. This is the extent of my elementary teacher brain. And a broken cf seat post is scary.

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      3 months ago

      …my steel frame split at the welds fourty-five years ago; my bonded aluminum frame has ridden out building fires with nary an issue…

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      3 months ago

      Aluminium doesn’t get stronger on the welds like steel does, it gets weaker. So if you screw them up, you end up with a two part bike

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      3 months ago

      I love my steel bike, it’s great on the road, on gravel or for a quick grocery shop.

      I’m not gonna win any competition with it but it is honestly such a fun bike.

      And with care it should last forever.

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      3 months ago

      And now I’m back to looking at steel (and titanium) adventure hardtails…