Originally Posted by
yipyipyip
The question has been answered. Hi-Ten has exactly two advantages over other materials (as outlined in my first reply).
1) Price.
2) Tubes are more resilient (by virtue of being thicker).
That's it. Everything else says CrMo etc are better.
I'm trying to understand what you mean here by "more resilient".
All I know for certain is that thicker walls make for stiffer tubes. The grade/alloy of the steel in itself does not affect the stiffness.