Re:Coronavirus has caused a bicycling boom in New York City
by kqr on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:29AM
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Aluminium is fatigued with use over time, so will at some point fail, even if it's not subjected to major trauma. (This is opposed to steel which is only fatigued by major trauma, and carbon fibre which cracks when you look at it wrong.)
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Re:Coronavirus has caused a bicycling boom in New York City
by CydeWeys on Sunday March 15, 2020 @10:15AM
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This seems like an overblown concern. How often are aluminum frames actually failing? How many miles and how many years do you have to put on one before it fails? And how do these figures contrast with steel? And don't forget that steel is more susceptible to rust than aluminum is, so depending on climate and salting conditions the steel might fail first.
My aluminum road bike cost me $600 new and I have four years of daily commuting on it so far. It's still in good condition and I expect to get many more years of riding out of it. At this rate I'm gonna have it for longer than the average car ownership period in the US (which is about 7 years).
The fears are being blown out of proportion.