Old 03-11-15 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
A double daimond frame that is made up of two closed triangles presents different engineering issues than a fork, which is an open structure, not braced in 2 dimensions.

The argument makes about as much sense as saying if CF frames are so good, why do almost all bikes have steel spokes.


I think economics is the answer- Ti is tough to machine, & getting a performance fork shape out of it would be not worth the expense-
you don't see 'fully manipulated' tube shapes in those closed triangles either.
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