Christie Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Alu is a better frame material than steel imo.Steel has some nostalgic value, and there are some beautiful steel frames (like Pergoretti) but:It rusts, offers no stiffness/mass advantage over alu, and is more expensive. Imo fatigue life of a steel frame is not an advantage, a well designed alu frame will last a very long time.
E1A104 Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 First you gotta ride the classics you got before getting more tjop Ride? What is this ride thing you mumble on about? Getting more sounds like a good thing to consider....
TNT1 Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) First you gotta ride the classics you got before getting more tjop Ride? What is this ride thing you mumble on about? 10km run this morning, oom. I are prepping for the argust now. Edited November 25, 2011 by TNT1
Wyatt Earp Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 10km run this morning, oom. I are prepping for the argust now.August tjop, August !!!!!
TNT1 Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 August tjop, August !!!!! No man. That race in March...
Wyatt Earp Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 No man. That race in March...Yip ,we are the only country in the world who has an August in March.
NotSoBigBen Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 10km run this morning, oom. I are prepping for the argust now. Of what use is this 'run' thing for cyclists? Might as well have stayed in bed or gone to MacDonalds for breakfast, has the same effect - I'm not gonna be discussing this again
TNT1 Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Yip ,we are the only country in the world who has an August in March. Ah, right. Will 10km running once a week get me a sub three?
TNT1 Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 I'm not gonna be discussing this again I wont share my post exercise recovery meal secrets with you any-more...
NotSoBigBen Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 I wont share my post exercise recovery meal secrets with you any-more... So it's gonna be like that then *luckily made a note of the russian (sausage not bride)/chips recovery combo*
Wyatt Earp Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Ah, right. Will 10km running once a week get me a sub three?Of course
KABOUS Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 I have been cycling since 1990 and my first real bike was a Hansom bike with SLX tubing- It is still hanging in my garage !After that I bought the love of my life- A Victoria titanium frame in 1999. One of the Pro teams actually raced on them as well. This frame has consumed its third set of STI'S and the frame is still as stiff and beautiful as the day that I bought it. From what I have heard these frames were manufactured in Russia after they stopped using Titanium to manufacture aeroplanes. I have tried to find out more about the company, but no luck. Any other guys out there still riding these beauties ? In 2001 I worked in Canada for a year and bought a local Ti -frame which I put onto a turbo trainer- That frame cracked on exactly the same spot as TNT'S frame.I think Titanium does not do well with the torsional forces that it experiences with trainers
Christie Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Stress in the frame on most trainers are less than on the road.
KABOUS Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 Stress in the frame on most trainers are less than on the road.I don't agree- A bike is not built to handle torsional stress, but more longitudinal and vertical forces. I may be wrong, but I am sure there are plenty tech geeks out there to help us out
Wyatt Earp Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 I have been cycling since 1990 and my first real bike was a Hansom bike with SLX tubingYou forgot to mention that it was Columbus SLX, and it sits just behind Reynolds 531, neither of them the best that was available.
KABOUS Posted November 25, 2011 Posted November 25, 2011 You forgot to mention that it was Columbus SLX, and it sits just behind Reynolds 531, neither of them the best that was available.If you are as old as I am you just call it SLX
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