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Originally Posted by Inpd
This guys review implies http://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...mio-elite.html Is what I read. He implies the rear triangle is 4130
No, he thinks it is hi-tensile steel which is not as strong as 4130 CrMo. That is absolutely incorrect. The rear triangle is 4130 steel.

Just so it is clear, 520 is a tube model, not a steel alloy. The 520 tubes are made from 4130 CrMo steel or at least an alloy so close that it isn't any use to argue about it.
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