Where are the inexpensive steel bikes?

[Tai]

"Dion Dock" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> There is also catastrophic failure. Drop a wrench on an aluminum tube and
> see what happens. Now repeat the test on steel, titanium and carbon. Which
> one shows a dent? How will that dent alter the fatigue tests?
>
> It's one thing to place a pristine frame on a machine and bend it back and
> forth. It's something else to get the chain wedged in the stay before doing
> the test.
>
> -Dion

Are Al frames really that sensitive to corruption of the frame
integrity? Surely not, since mtn bikes get beat up all the time with
crashes. Bike makers would go back to steel instead of dealing with
warranty replacements.

Tai

 

[Dion Dock]

A dent would not qualify for warranty work as it was not caused by a defect
in the frame. Likewise for failures that were initiated by dents and
gouges.

-Dion

"Tai" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Dion Dock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > There is also catastrophic failure. Drop a wrench on an aluminum tube
and
> > see what happens. Now repeat the test on steel, titanium and carbon.
Which
> > one shows a dent? How will that dent alter the fatigue tests?
> >
> > It's one thing to place a pristine frame on a machine and bend it back
and
> > forth. It's something else to get the chain wedged in the stay before
doing
> > the test.
> >
> > -Dion
>
> Are Al frames really that sensitive to corruption of the frame
> integrity? Surely not, since mtn bikes get beat up all the time with
> crashes. Bike makers would go back to steel instead of dealing with
> warranty replacements.
>
> Tai