scadium frames

coinneach
coinneach Posts: 79
edited February 2008 in Workshop
I'm tempted by a beauty in Edinburgh Bicycle: scadium frame Ultegra groupset, Easton fork, 17.5 lbs £999
BUT! Has anyone any ex perience of scadium frames...are they much different from alu??
Any advice welcome :?:
"It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end."

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  • Garybee
    Garybee Posts: 815
    It's just an alloy of aluminium, no real difference as far as the ride is concerned. My race frame is a scandium frame, much the same as any other aluminium frame, just a bit lighter.
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  • acorn_user
    acorn_user Posts: 1,137
    Scandium is an element used in the alloying process to make a very strong aluminium alloy. They tend to be expensive, so the maker who use it tend to go to a lot of effort to make them nice. Some folks say that they ride more softly than stock aluminium, but that likely depends on the tube profile and geometry more. An Easton fork is good news too :)
  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    To make the frame lighter the tubing is thinner walled - I have heard of issues of the tubing to be more easy to dent then std AL frames.
  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    I have a scandium framed bike, it is indeed very thin in places, you could easily dent it with finger pressure in the right spot. I'd never consider taking on plane trips and such because of that. Still, it's very strong, and stiff, for actual riding.
  • coinneach
    coinneach Posts: 79
    thanks guys!
    I have a Edinburgh Scadium MTB, and can't really tell any real difference to my old Marin alu.
    Bumped into a could of guys from Edinburgh bike on a MTB trailquest today and asked them about the said scadium bike...they hadn't seem it yet but, like me, were eager to try it out...will let you know if I find out! :(
    "It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end."

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