Christie Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
E1A104 Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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.... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted November 25, 2011 Share 10km run this morning, oom. I are prepping for the argust now.August tjop, August !!!!! Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted November 25, 2011 Share August tjop, August !!!!! No man. That race in March... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted November 25, 2011 Share No man. That race in March...Yip ,we are the only country in the world who has an August in March. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted November 25, 2011 Share I'm not gonna be discussing this again I wont share my post exercise recovery meal secrets with you any-more... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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* Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted November 25, 2011 Share Ah, right. Will 10km running once a week get me a sub three?Of course Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KABOUS Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted November 25, 2011 Share Stress in the frame on most trainers are less than on the road. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KABOUS Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KABOUS Posted November 25, 2011 Share 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 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/109024-cracked-frame-how-safe-is-this/page/7/#findComment-1538770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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