Aluminum frame end of life
so I heard that as an aluminum frame ages it gets more rigid and stiff?. As if it wasn't stiff enough to start with.
That this also continues until it is so rigid and stiff that it just pops like that.
and I also heard that corrosion is also basically a death sentence and is like cancer for the frame.
but I heard that unless it has progressed to the point of being pitted that there is nothing to worry about.
my one bike has some light patches of corrosion and I wondered of it is worth trying to do anything with it or is it really going to last much longer.
Like can I sand it off and put some kind of oil or sealant on it?.
But the real questions are, does an aluminum frame fail hazardously when it does, pops in half and eats pavement?. and does corrosion even a litle mean a significantly shorter life?.
it's been good for maybe 7 years now, but might be 8 or 9 years old.
don't want that to be the last bike I ride in this way.
Almost every bike is aluminum now.
But do they really last?.
or is it just a way that someone makes more money because you will have to buy a new bike more often?.
steel is almost not existent.