Originally Posted by
pierce
but, broken, it just felt bouncy, it didn't drop your butt on the road at speed, no?
If it had been backbone or downtube the results may have been different. If I had been accelerating hard out of a tight corner they almost certainly would have. All materials can break. With little or no warning.
And let us not forget that steel is proven to be the weakest of frame materials.
http://sheldonbrown.com/rinard/EFBe/...tigue_test.htm