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Old 10-30-06 | 03:50 PM
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Strength in solid-solution strengthened aluminium alloys is a best mediocre and at worst dire. The welding process irreversibly destroys the only possible route to strengthening in the material - the dislocation pileup of cold work. There's no acceptable metallurgical reason for using such alloys in bike frames.
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