Originally Posted by
beng1
I have a book from 1981 called Bicycling Science which was published in England, it is full of all sorts of engineering data and charts etc.. It gives the characteristics of the different bicycle frame materials including aluminum and steel, and it says that for an aluminum frame to be as strong and reliable as a steel frame, it has to have enough aluminum in it so it will weigh as much as the steel frame.
In 1981 that opinion was already 70 years wrong, as proven by all the not-steel airplanes. But maybe that's why Kleins and Cannondales weren't made in England, they had to be from somewhere else so they could be a pound lighter than steel frames
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