Bikes Direct Team Fly Weld
01-06-11 | 03:13 PM
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Bikes Direct Team Fly Weld
I have a question. I was looking closely at this bike: https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...ly_TI_2x10.htm
When I blow up the picture there seems to be a little hole in the welding. Can anyone confirm? I'd imagine a small 'dink' in the weld is acceptable and won't harm the strength. I really like the price of this bike and just need help deciding.
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When I blow up the picture there seems to be a little hole in the welding. Can anyone confirm? I'd imagine a small 'dink' in the weld is acceptable and won't harm the strength. I really like the price of this bike and just need help deciding.
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01-06-11 | 03:58 PM
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^^. . . or perfect. There will always be minute anomalies, especially where the bead is started and stopped; but as long as there are no out-and-out voids or slag pockets you should have no worries.
If you're really concerned, insist on the magnafluxing documentation for your exact frame when you place the order.
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If you're really concerned, insist on the magnafluxing documentation for your exact frame when you place the order.
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01-06-11 | 04:12 PM
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01-06-11 | 04:38 PM
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Oh man, small holes in titanium can be disastrous. The void in the surface over time causes a misalignment in the submolecular microstructure between the base titanium and the annealing zirconium atoms. As the grain structures of the two dissimilar alloys get out of phase, it causes the metal to exhibit characteristics of an event horizon in miniature. This in turn causes the frame to, quite without warning, implode on itself, sucking the attached components in with it to the point of irretrievability.
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01-07-11 | 12:00 AM
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^^ If you weren't such a girl, I'd slug you the next time I see you.
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Originally Posted by Mark Twain
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01-07-11 | 10:07 AM
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01-07-11 | 01:39 PM
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Oh man, small holes in titanium can be disastrous. The void in the surface over time causes a misalignment in the submolecular microstructure between the base titanium and the annealing zirconium atoms. As the grain structures of the two dissimilar alloys get out of phase, it causes the metal to exhibit characteristics of an event horizon in miniature. This in turn causes the frame to, quite without warning, implode on itself, sucking the attached components in with it to the point of irretrievability.
01-07-11 | 08:12 PM
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Oh man, small holes in titanium can be disastrous. The void in the surface over time causes a misalignment in the submolecular microstructure between the base titanium and the annealing zirconium atoms. As the grain structures of the two dissimilar alloys get out of phase, it causes the metal to exhibit characteristics of an event horizon in miniature. This in turn causes the frame to, quite without warning, implode on itself, sucking the attached components in with it to the point of irretrievability.
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01-08-11 | 05:30 PM
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From: My family and I -- wife and two young children -- live in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Yikes, first it's a small dink, and then your nuts go. Stay away from that frame!
