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David Storm
Guest
I'm not sure what I'm starting here, but haven't seen this kind of discussion since I started
reading here. I hope I'm not stirring up a previous, laid-to-rest discussion. I found some
surprising results of some torture fatigue tests for various road frames at:
http://www.efbe.de/defbefrm.htm (go to public reports) where Ti and steel were some of the first to
fail and some Al and carbon frames survived the test.
I've been thinking about buying a high end Ti bike soon, having seen first-hand failures of carbon
(mainly drop-outs pulling free of chain-stays) so I'm not sure what to make of the tests which
didn't appear to address such potential failures.
It would be interesting to hear of some opinions of the reported test results from knowledgeable
riders and those with some experiences with frame failures.
reading here. I hope I'm not stirring up a previous, laid-to-rest discussion. I found some
surprising results of some torture fatigue tests for various road frames at:
http://www.efbe.de/defbefrm.htm (go to public reports) where Ti and steel were some of the first to
fail and some Al and carbon frames survived the test.
I've been thinking about buying a high end Ti bike soon, having seen first-hand failures of carbon
(mainly drop-outs pulling free of chain-stays) so I'm not sure what to make of the tests which
didn't appear to address such potential failures.
It would be interesting to hear of some opinions of the reported test results from knowledgeable
riders and those with some experiences with frame failures.