Originally Posted by
RoadLight
Hi AngieD750,
There are some good aluminum alloy bikes now but aluminum is a flawed material because of the way it accumulates stress---even minor stress will add up over time to failure. There's a very good reason why many "good" alloy frames come with composite forks instead of alloy.
Alloy frames now come with cf forks to help dampen road "chatter", not because of fear of "stress failure".
Seems like you're reaching there.