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11-22-14 | 10:22 PM

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FBinNY

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From: New Rochelle, NY

Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

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Originally Posted by loky1179

I commuted a full winter on it last year - the winter from hell. Multiple, extended subzero days. My coldest commute was -23° F.

I'm not really ripping aluminum bikes. It is just kind of funny that the first one I bought cracked.

My point was that you need to look elsewhere for the problem. A temp of -14°F is nothing. Consider jet aircraft that see swings down to -40 to -60°F twice daily and are made of (guess).

As I posted, I suspect the issue was corrosion not temperature swings.

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