Originally Posted by LóFarkas
Why alu?
-Lighter than steel. I'm not gonna ride a tank, and in case you'd say there are lightish steel frames: I'm not gonna ride a bike that dents when I lean it against a pole.
Reynolds 953 tubing sounds neat because of how light it is but one part worries me: The ends are 0.65mm thick and the center of the tubing is 0.3mm thick. Just think about that for a few seconds.. Imagine a millimeter on a ruler and then look at how thick 3/10 of a millimeter is. Yeeeeeesh creepy.