so i was taking a sh1t and that's usually when brilliant ideas enter my mind - so i invented a WikiVS ! that's when there are wiki pages not for one thing but for a comparison between two things.

so i go on google and the sh1t already exists. bummer.

well anyway i registered and created this page:

https://www.wikivs.com/wiki/Aluminum_...Bicycle_Frames

since this is a wiki anybody can register and edit it. i encourage you guys to contribute

We can already do this.... it's called bikeforums.net.

Carbon isn't fragile. You fail.

^ +1

although.... \/

Edited !

i don't think that bikeforums is threatened in any way.

i have my own website:

https://www.diy-av.net/forum/

from which some of the content might end up migrating to WikiVS, but i still welcome the change.

90% of what we write here or i write on my site isn't fit for any sort of Wiki.

Wondering if anyone can answer a quick question. I'm knew to cycling and i'm wondering if there is an easy way to tell material my frame is? (aluminum or steel)
I have little knowledge of the bikes brand or model because it was converted to a single speed and repainted before i got it. Just a simple old 80's style road frame.
Thanks!

use a magnet. if it sticks - steel. if not - aluminum or carbon fiber or titanium.

another name for magnetism is ferromagnetism. ferrum = iron. steel is made from iron. no other bike frame material is made from iron.

certain stainless steels are also not magnetic, but i don't think bikes are made from them.

you can always tell carbon by knocking on it. it sounds more like wood than metal. metal frames sound metal. or you can just lift the bike up.

i don't know how to tell aluminum from titanium.

****.

dumb leading the blind?

The internet has become the go-to place for opinion disguised as information.

I suggest learning a lot more about the subject before embarking on this.

Let's bet - in less than 1 or 2 pages?