posted by jon on july 31, 1997 at 20:09:45:
in reply to: litespeed 6/4 ti posted by Rich on july 23, 1997 at 20:19:28:
6-4 ti is a great material with a tensil stregth of around 130,000 psi. and most of the solid pieces on ti bikes are made of this (dropout, brake posts,cable stops and some bottom braket shells) BUT with only a 20,000 psi advantage over 3-2.5 and the fact that the 6-4 tubes all bikes made currently are rolled and welded (just like huffy's gag!) This is hardly worth the extra expense and not a very noticable improvement. the tubing will PROBABLY never break but if it does it will most likely be because of the seam.
keep the rubber side down
Jon
Moonlight Cycles