A pure magnesium frame is probably mostly marketing BS, it's too soft, prone to corrosion issues and needs extra care when machining to be a really suitable construction material. But magnesium is a good ingredient if you want a really lightweight alloy, so what you're probably seeing is a frame made out of an alloy with a higher-than-usual magnesium content.Onk said:Has anyone ever heard of it before? how is its quality compared to the other frames?
Had a friend who worked in a workshop that repaired car rims. They once got a damaged slot mag rim which obviously had a tad too much magnesium in its alloy - it caught fire in while it was being machined in a lathe...tyler_derden said:... you will never crash and burn brighter!
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OUCH!!OLDschoolSworks said:Im was a tech for a Chevy dealer. Some Corvettes had magnesium wheels. A vette came in with a bent rim and stud. A newer tech took a tourch to the lug and the wheel caught fire. The funny thing about mag. is that you cant put it out whith water, smothering or a fire estingwisher. You just have to let it burn. If you try and put it out it just sends peices of flaming metal all over the place. He didnt show up to work the next day.
I wonder what it costs? weighs?hmhoek said:I saw a blurb in Cycling back in the 80s for a manesium frame. It was cast in one piece. It looked more like an aircraft component than a bike...
Ah- here it is, courtesy of google:
http://img29.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img29&image=magnesium_bike_kirk.jpg
The maker was "Kirk".
These guys make them now:
http://www.paketabike.com/Mtn.aspx
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