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Old 01-15-13 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Airburst
titanium and steel (and alloys thereof), do not fail due to fatigue if the stresses are kept low enough
But that's a bit like saying to a weight lifter that he will never injure himself as long as he doesn't lift more than X amount of weight. Obviously steel and ti are very good frame materials, as are others, but the "no fatigue limit" characteristic of those materials is obviously only a part of the equation, because steel and ti frames do fail from fatigue sometimes.
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