ALU- Frames - How long...
- Thread starter yenrod
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Milo
Guru
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- Melksham, Wilts
Well my dawes giro 300 has a 2 year warrenty so im guessing 5 upwards.
(I hope).
depends on what alu I suppose mine is 6061 I think
(I hope).
depends on what alu I suppose mine is 6061 I think
Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
30 or 40 years if you look after it. Why shouldn't it, as long as the builder has not taken liberties by making the tubes too thin it will not fall apart. Nobody queries how long there brake calipers will last, yey like most stuff on a bike they are alu too.
Many Jumbo jets are still in service after 30 years, and they are made from aluminium. And before anybody says it, no the don't replace the entire airframe and fuselage every couple of years in case it will fall apart.
Many Jumbo jets are still in service after 30 years, and they are made from aluminium. And before anybody says it, no the don't replace the entire airframe and fuselage every couple of years in case it will fall apart.
Milo
Guru
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- Melksham, Wilts
Depends on the tubes alot i suppose my downtube is massive on mine
Milo
Guru
- Location
- Melksham, Wilts
Didn't know they did alot of tt bikes are alu I think.
Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
So how many fifty year old steel frames do you see around now? Or even twenty year old, come to that.yenrod said:
They have got a "bad reputation" because people who hate progress and can't see why the rest of us are not happy riding round on a 1955 Curly Hetchins with a four-speed block and toe clips and straps keep telling us that Aluminium will melt after two years and carbon fibre will explode in sunlight.
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- the post-brexit wasteland
i'll be pleasantly surprised if my alu frame lasts as long as the frame on my steel bike, which must have been at least 20 years old when i got it.
alu suffers from being not a chichi as carbon, so it gets rubbished by the carbon disciples on the one hand, and by the beard and sandles steel brigade on the other for being less likely than their steeds to see in the next millenium.
alu suffers from being not a chichi as carbon, so it gets rubbished by the carbon disciples on the one hand, and by the beard and sandles steel brigade on the other for being less likely than their steeds to see in the next millenium.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I think the question marks regarding Aluminium's longevity in Bicycle frames probably stems from problems associated with welds cracking in early models. Technology is well sorted by now. One rarely hears of Aluminium frame failing these days. Steel frames can also fail as well...the difference is that steel can be repaired.
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- the post-brexit wasteland
Fab Foodie said:
a clubmate of mine had a steel frame snap. was on a paris-roubaix sportive mind.
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miloat said:
I had a Dawes Giro snap on me after about 5 years commuting. Though it wasn't anything like as dramatic as it sounds, the derailer just sort of flopped to one side. At first I thought it was just the replacable hanger failing, but on closer inspection the dropout itself had sheared where the hanger bolt goes through. To be fair I had had several crashes on it over the years, shame, it was a great frame.
Jacomus-rides-Gen
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- Guildford / London
Genesis rcommend around 5years use for my frame - but that is due to the cf seat stays.
There is no reason a decent alu frame won't last for yonks.
There is no reason a decent alu frame won't last for yonks.
