Originally Posted by
rebel1916
The OP in that other thread is what is technically known as a silly goose.
I saw in another thread where some REI aluminum framed bikes broke while being ridden, at least one anyway, and it threw the rider to the ground :-).
Solid Forged TI (not tubing, solid metal) is probably the only bike that would never break in a million years and a billion units :-).
Anything built to convey a human down the road and sharing the road with cars, trucks, and other stuff probably has a wide safety margin.
Bill