What type of material is best for building bicycle frames?
Steel, Aluminum, Titanium, or Carbon fiber
First I would like to thank everyone for their answers, But for me nothing can beat a lugged steel bicycle frame. I guess I’m just old school, and for me steel is real
All the answers you will get will reflect one’s personal preferences. There are always a few exceptions to the blanket answers you will get. There are superlight steels that don’t even get mentioned because of their limited availability (S3 is one). Steel is still the number one choice of custom frame builders and has a ride feel that is sought after by cycling aficionados. Titanium is flexy if you are a sprinter (unless you have a Litespeed Ultimate or a Moots or an Omega) or buy a lightweight Litepseed Ghisallo but solid enough if you are a mere mortal. Titanium will last virtually forever, it seems. Carbon Fiber is capable of building the ultimate bike as long as you don’t crash it or are looking for the ride feel of a steel bike. Aluminum was the material of choice just a couple of years ago for racers because they were solid, stiff for the ultimate in power transfer, cheap and could be made comfortable by using Scandium or mating it with carbon fiber in sections of the frame. I won’t cover every angle of this debate but read up on it in the internet. you’ll get a million different answers.
Aluminum Flatbed Bicycle Trailer
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American Chopper POW*MIA Bike Workman-Style Metal Lunch Box Dome-shaped metal lunch box featuring American Chopper POW*MIA Bike…. |
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Schwinn MARK 3 Aluminum Bike Trailer – Blue/Black Schwinn MARK 3 Aluminum Bike Trailer With Stroller Combination from Pacific Cycle(2007) The newly designed 2007 Schwinn SC767 MARK 3 Trailer/Stroller is much like its counterpart “Mark 2″ except that it sports a large removable non-swivel 16″ spoked front wheel. Built on a 5 inch wider frame which gives the trailer more stability also allows more space for one or two children. Larger 20″ rear whee… |