True Temper Verus, newb question
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True Temper Verus, newb question
Hi, I don't know much about framebuilding or the terminology, but I've got this question:
In the writeup for a track bike I'm thinking about buying, they write this about True Temper Verus tubing:
"Personally designed by us here at the Milwaukee Bicycle Co., and with the help of Waterford Precision Cycles, the Cream City Track Frame consists of dynamic Verus steel tubing that has an ultimate tensile strength of 120 ksi, more than twice the strength of current aluminum alloys. True Temper incorporates a stress relieving process in the creation of the steel Verus tubing which removes the residual stresses created in forming any tubing structure. The result of this is a higher life than standard annealed tubing, incredible stiffness, liveliness, low weight, and the true feel of steel."
When they say it has double the tensile strength of other alloys, how does that translate to ride quality for me? There's different types of flexibility, right, like lateral, tensile, etc., (sorry I'm pretty clueless about this)- can someone tell me how this tubing will ride differently versus other steels or other Al bikes? Anything about Verus, really.
Thanks
EDIT: I found this by "googling" it: "Also, with any material, there is a trade-off. As strength goes up, ductility usually decreases. The lower strength steels fail in bending, not by brittle fracture." Again, not sure how that changes the ride...
In the writeup for a track bike I'm thinking about buying, they write this about True Temper Verus tubing:
"Personally designed by us here at the Milwaukee Bicycle Co., and with the help of Waterford Precision Cycles, the Cream City Track Frame consists of dynamic Verus steel tubing that has an ultimate tensile strength of 120 ksi, more than twice the strength of current aluminum alloys. True Temper incorporates a stress relieving process in the creation of the steel Verus tubing which removes the residual stresses created in forming any tubing structure. The result of this is a higher life than standard annealed tubing, incredible stiffness, liveliness, low weight, and the true feel of steel."
When they say it has double the tensile strength of other alloys, how does that translate to ride quality for me? There's different types of flexibility, right, like lateral, tensile, etc., (sorry I'm pretty clueless about this)- can someone tell me how this tubing will ride differently versus other steels or other Al bikes? Anything about Verus, really.
Thanks
EDIT: I found this by "googling" it: "Also, with any material, there is a trade-off. As strength goes up, ductility usually decreases. The lower strength steels fail in bending, not by brittle fracture." Again, not sure how that changes the ride...
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Verus tubing is basic 4130 chrome-moly. The tubes are relatively thick thus the ride will be on the firmer side of average depending on how large the tube diameters are. Perfectly good tubeset.