Two threads in one: A couple of questions
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Two threads in one: A couple of questions
1. An old cyclist I was talking to said steel frames are like fine wine. He said that the older they get the better they ride. Why is this?
2. I have been thinking about upgrading my frame. Recently I have considered Titanium, but I can't see what is so good about it. Kind of seems like the old timers version of Carbon fiber.
2. I have been thinking about upgrading my frame. Recently I have considered Titanium, but I can't see what is so good about it. Kind of seems like the old timers version of Carbon fiber.
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Originally Posted by Fuji_cyclist
1. An old cyclist I was talking to said steel frames are like fine wine. He said that the older they get the better they ride. Why is this?.
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Originally Posted by Fuji_cyclist
2. I have been thinking about upgrading my frame. Recently I have considered Titanium, but I can't see what is so good about it. Kind of seems like the old timers version of Carbon fiber.
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Originally Posted by Fuji_cyclist
1. An old cyclist I was talking to said steel frames are like fine wine. He said that the older they get the better they ride. Why is this?
2. I have been thinking about upgrading my frame. Recently I have considered Titanium, but I can't see what is so good about it. Kind of seems like the old timers version of Carbon fiber.
2. I have been thinking about upgrading my frame. Recently I have considered Titanium, but I can't see what is so good about it. Kind of seems like the old timers version of Carbon fiber.
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the good thing about steel is that it gets lighter with time....you can accelerate this effect by leaving it out doors in the rainy/cold season
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Originally Posted by AEsco48
the good thing about steel is that it gets lighter with time....you can accelerate this effect by leaving it out doors in the rainy/cold season
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Originally Posted by SpongeDad
Don't listen to these people. Old steel - especially the steel that came out of superclean Japanese electric furnaces in the 80s -- is godlike. If you're lucky, one of those old cyclists will trade you straight up for your current frame.
my current bike is a 1983 steel
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Originally Posted by 55/Rad
The titanium will go well with all those upgrades you've been buying.
I suggest a Seven Elium Ti.
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I suggest a Seven Elium Ti.
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Originally Posted by AEsco48
my current bike is a 1983 steel
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1. BS
2. It can provide a pretty nice ride if the bike is built properly. But then so can aluminum, steel and CF.
2. It can provide a pretty nice ride if the bike is built properly. But then so can aluminum, steel and CF.
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Originally Posted by Fuji_cyclist
1. An old cyclist I was talking to said steel frames are like fine wine. He said that the older they get the better they ride. Why is this?
2. I have been thinking about upgrading my frame. Recently I have considered Titanium, but I can't see what is so good about it. Kind of seems like the old timers version of Carbon fiber.
2. I have been thinking about upgrading my frame. Recently I have considered Titanium, but I can't see what is so good about it. Kind of seems like the old timers version of Carbon fiber.
2. titanium, as another poster noted, doesn't rust. it's pretty tough; not unbreakable but comparatively stronger than steel, alu and cf frames of equal weight. the ride quality of a well-made ti frame isn't flexy so much as supple and lively. i have a columbus zona [steel] marinoni and a ti litespeed. i never found the marinoni uncomfortable, even after 180-200 km, but the ride of the litespeed is much nicer. it has an elasticity and snap that the marinoni lacks. the marinoni is not a cheap-ass crummy frame, by any stretch of the imagination, btw.
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