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Old 05-22-05 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Want to not be a total jerk, just once? When subjected to repeated stress cycles that cause fatigue, which material has the shortest life span? Enlighten us, bicycle Jedi master.
On just a material by material basis: aluminum has the shortest fatigue life because it has no fatigue limit followed by steel and then by titanium. CF actually, as a general category, has the longest fatigue life.
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