Originally Posted by PiratePete
********** Stronger under tension? shear? bending? less likely to buckle under compression?
The stress state along different parts of the bike frame tubing is very complex and varies depending on what the rider on the bike is doing. Circular tubes are not optimal though. Forces applied to the top tube, for example, are much greater in the vertical direction than in the horizontal so a tube with an oval cross section is more effective.
Your nerdy attempt at nitpicking doesn't rate. I said
circular shapes. I guess
ovals are formed with a series of straight edges then? Because that would mean that ovals don't contain a single, continous
circular edge right?
right?
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You're a tool.......and ffs, grow a fricken moustache!
I don't wish to argue about circles and ovals anymore, because that would mean Im arguing about circles and ovals....