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Old 03-31-04 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by royalflash
I keep reading that aluminium has no fatigue limit and that bicycle frames made from it will fail within quite short periods of time. Is this true or just a myth.
Myth,folklore,BS:WHATEVER!! Engineers, and metalurgists know how aluminum fails and design around it. Several 'lifetimes' worth, whatever constitutes a lifetime.
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