You are misunderstanding. Go drink a can of beer, or a can of coke. just make sure its a can, not a bottle.






















is the can empty yet? good. now, try and bend it. take the top and the bottom in your hands, and try to bring the top to the bottom by bending the can into an "L" shape. I'll be you $20 you can't do it. That is frame deflection. In a frame like the caad7, it is a similar thing, it resists frame deflection really well, better even than titanium.

now, take that can and squeeze it. RAH! you crushed it, didn't you?! You're an animal! the caad7 frame again has the same properties. since the walls are so thin, they don't resist forces from the side very well. that is what the original poster was feeling, and thats why an aluminum can crushes so easily.

in short, deflection is a whole different animal from the "crushing" that you feel.