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Jasper Janssen
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On 12 Apr 2006 02:15:42 GMT, Mike DeMicco
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What's the point of an aluminum steerer over steel? I can see in larger
>diameters aluminum has a strength to weight advantage over steel, but in
>small diameters? No. I can't help but think if the steerer tube of this
>fork were made of steel then it wouldn't have failed.
An aluminum steerer of the same weight as a standard steel one would be
pretty thickwalled, and I think also stronger than the steel one. With a
threadless headset and stem, the ID doesn't *have* to be 22.2 mm.
Jasper
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What's the point of an aluminum steerer over steel? I can see in larger
>diameters aluminum has a strength to weight advantage over steel, but in
>small diameters? No. I can't help but think if the steerer tube of this
>fork were made of steel then it wouldn't have failed.
An aluminum steerer of the same weight as a standard steel one would be
pretty thickwalled, and I think also stronger than the steel one. With a
threadless headset and stem, the ID doesn't *have* to be 22.2 mm.
Jasper