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marcusww
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Chrome moly.
Who is moly? :shock:
Who is moly? :shock:
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It's Chromium and Molybdenum.
Road - Dolan Preffisio
MTB - On-One Inbred
I have no idea what's going on here.0 -
One step-up from gas-pipe tooMake mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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Rated in kg/m, like steel beams.
Even the beard and sandals brigade don't touch it.Boardman Elite SLR 9.2S
Boardman FS Pro0 -
Perfectly respectable depending on the form of it eg Reynolds 501 is made of it - double butted too. A step down from 531 but certainly not the abomination the above are implying. You can get some lovely 501 frames and you'd probably struggle to tell the difference.Faster than a tent.......0
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Bar Shaker wrote:Rated in kg/m, like steel beams.
or indeed like any other steel product...0 -
Thread highjack but is "Dedacciai SAT 14.5 triple-butted steel" considered good?!0
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It's not just the material, but what they do to it to turn it into a bike frame. Someone mentioned Reynolds 501 - but the vast majority of 501 frames are only the three main frame tubes - the rest still being cheapo hi-tensile which is heavy and dead-feeling. If the tubes are butted and heat-treated, then you're benefitting from thinner' lighter tubes make from stronger materials which should give a livelier ride. I've ridden steel-frame bikes that can either be dead and 'heavy' or light and responsive - a lot depends on the weight of the rider too. At 60kg, I find old, skinny Columbus SL frames give a nice ride whereas a 90kg rider would find them too whippy.Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0