Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
Let me be more clear...you have misinterpreted what I wrote and were overly literal:
Yes, you could have been clearer.
Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
A steel frame isn't inherently stiffer or less stiff than a ti frame...the frame's stiffness will come from what a builder chooses to do with the materials. Aluminum is inherently less stiff/dense than steel, but Cannondale riders will tell you how stiff their aluminum frames are because of what is done with the aluminum (very oversized diameter). Sean Kelly's aluminum frames certainly are not stiff.
Still getting it wrong.
If all things are equal, steel is inherently stiffer than titanium. That's the properties of the materials. While the frame stiffness may come from how the builder uses the materials and from the constrains put on the frame builder by the diameters of the available tubeset,
if the dimension are the same a steel frame will be stiffer than a titanium frame. The only reason that steel has the (supposed) magic ride is because the tubeset has such a small diameter. That allows the frame to be more noodly than you could get away with if you were using titanium or aluminum.