They had bicycles made from 4130 chromoly aircraft steel back in 1974. Half the weight of plain steel and twice as strong. I actually own one made in 1981.
Just like carbon fiber is supposed to be the way of the future, we all saw what happened with that submarine ☹️💀
No, I don’t ride carbon fiber bikes because I ride BMX flatland and don’t want to die while performing tricks. Why would I knowingly ride on a brittle frame, knowing the stresses my style of riding put on a bike?
They had bicycles made from 4130 chromoly aircraft steel back in 1974. Half the weight of plain steel and twice as strong. I actually own one made in 1981.
Just like carbon fiber is supposed to be the way of the future, we all saw what happened with that submarine ☹️💀
You don’t ride carbon fiber bikes because some idiot ignored the rules for building submarines?
No, I don’t ride carbon fiber bikes because I ride BMX flatland and don’t want to die while performing tricks. Why would I knowingly ride on a brittle frame, knowing the stresses my style of riding put on a bike?
That’s precisely why I wrote “lighter and stronger”.
Carbon fiber clearly is not stronger. 1974 metals are stronger, why deviate from proven materials?