Originally Posted by Mariner Fan
The rap on aluminum is that it rides harsh...
..and then came carbon fiber forks. Fixed.
Originally Posted by Mariner Fan
I think aluminum is getting a bad rap because it’s the cheapest material to produce ...
It is much more difficult and expensive to work with aluminum than steel. Aluminum frame alloys are not cheap.
This has been re-hashed over and over, but the current protour for the last few years has either been on aluminum, titanium or carbon fiber.