In todays market, there is no 'bragging rights' associated with any of the 3. SLX is better suited for bigger heavier riders and bigger frames sizes. You don't need it if you are a smaller lighter type. AFWIW, any one of them could be a POS depending on how it was built.Ralph Ray said:
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biker7 said:
Agree the wall thickness and dimensions of the tubeset ought to be sized to the rider; lightest isn't best for everyone. Rider weight, frame size, intended usage and durability needs would be selection criteria, not really price or bragging rights.boudreaux said:
More disinformation from bore-troll. The SLX being better suited for bigger riders and frames is a patently false. What a surprise. The only advantage of progressively higher yield strength steels is the frame designer's ability to reduce wall thickness to derive the same section modulus which results in a modest weight savings period. A step further, may times lower grade steel frames have better fatigue life than higher tensile frames not only because of controlling the extrusion of thinner and harder wall during tube forming but welding higher grade steel tubes is more challenging as well.
Again the fool sticks foot in mouth ...biker7 said:I'll play...lol RC...I'm not short on blab either as you know
Incidentally the same challenges exist within the Reynolds family of steels as well. The cost differential of higher grade steels is in the refining not in the physical materials within the steels. Frame designers adjust tubing wall thickness and diameter based upon frame size which typically correlates to rider weight...based upon material chosen. A higher grade steel therefore does not necessarily make a stronger frame for a bigger rider...a myth...it is in conjunction with frame geometry and wall thickness chosen. A recreational or club rider is actually better served to have a bike with a medium grade quality steel versus the highest end stuff for the above reasons...no value added.
George
... SLX isn't even higher yeild than the others. All are Cyclex alloy, and standard diameter.SLX was made with special internal reenforcing spirals that stiffened it up in the butts.That and thicker walls(SP and SPX) was the drill in the old school stuff before before the common usage of higher strength alloys that allowed thinner tubes and lager diameter to get the desired frame stiffness. So Georgie boy in this case it's not about alloys , but how the tubes were configrued in the different cyclex alloy tubesets of the period. Much the same as with Nivacrom alloy and EL, EL-OS, Neuron, Genius,Max,Minimax, Nemo tubesets as well as other configurations produced from it. Different diameters,and butting so builers could craft frames to specific uses.........Fools really shouldn't open their mouths when they don't even have a clue what the topic of discussion is....Georgie seems to have a learning disability with regard to that concept tho. Yesterday he didn't have a clue as to how an integrated HS with a proprietry compression bung worked,but that didn't stop him from offering up not only totally lame but potentially dangerous advice...... This is a guy that certainly is not short on blab, but is even shorter on the sound knowledge base to go with it. Quite a dangerous situation,and somewhat analogus to a loose cannon.
Go tell it to somebody else fool.It wasn't about alloy to begin with,but the fool was too quick with the blab button to realize it....biker7 said:
... You planted you foot in your mouth,and no ammount of backpedaling will extract it.AFWIW, SLX had a pretty long production run and was apparently good enough that Columbus kept it around as the New SLX.....Enjoy the swamp....fool. The alligators smell blood. 
Pink. It's commonly known that it's 80% harder for someone to hold your wheel when they're pointing and laughing.lokstah said:
