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04-07-09 | 01:13 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by twodeadpoets

Being steel it won't fail catastrophically as would aluminum so you could probably putz around on it unloaded, however, for all intensive purposes, it's toast. If not for anything else, at least for safety sakes.

I'm sorry but you are wrong. Steel can, and does, fail just as catastrophically as aluminum. Because it can store more energy before failure, it may be even worse. Aluminum tends to tear and release energy slowly while steel fractures. I've broken enough parts made of both materials that I trust aluminum to tell me when its going to break while steel will almost always surprise you.

BF123, I didn't realize you were on tour. This may be the time to give up the riding part and take the train. Sorry, but it could be that bad.

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