Whats the best metal

[Keith Oates]

Let's narrow this down to the best metal for a bike....................titanium or steel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dayvo]

I prefer wood; mahogany, oak, walnut, pine etc.

 

[Milo]

I dare ya to make an oak chainset.

 

[Dayvo]

I dare ya to make an oak chainset.

This was the title of the thread:

Whats the best metal - bugger all there about trainsets!

 

[hubgearfreak]

This was the title of the thread:

Whats the best metal - bugger all there about trainsets!

my boy and i love playing trainsets, and it's made largely of beech

 

[Fnaar]

It's because silver tarnishes so quickly, so it's impractical outside of a vacuum.

So basically we'd all need to live in a giant thermos flask, and then we could have bikes made of silver... rockin' idea

 

[marinyork]

Sounds like a plan for a SF blockbuster movie to me fnaar.

 

[Dave5N]

I knew Kirk Bikes would get a look in!

I would guess it would be a fairly gash bike miloat to be honest.
Probably like the difference between steel and aluminium alloy, but magnified 10x.
It would be VERY heavy, and not at all stiff - so if you made it thin enough to be light enough to be possible to pedal it along then it would probably flex quite a bit. It probably wouldn't break though.

That magnified even more, like 100x, would be a solid GOLD bike. In fact that would probably bend like a warm chocolate bar as soon as you got on it.

Bonj - thought you had a physics degree - no metallurgy content in it then?

 

[Hover Fly]

aluminium bronze.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

my boy and i love playing trainsets, and it's made largely of beech

I like going to the beach. Jam sandwiches, bucket and spade, Kiss Me Quick hat - it's great.

 

[Dave5N]

AH yes.

I have fond childhood memories of those Hereford Beeches.

 

[GrahamG]

Slayer - Reign in Blood

 

[dantheman]

I think that cast iron would be very stiff, give a very hard ride and being brittle, it could easily break.

i agree..

 

[GrahamG]

I'm not really a Metal fan.

But if I HAD to choose I'd pick Bad Brains. But only because they play roots dub reggae amongst all the loud hard fast shouting beat.

I'm not really either - I'd definitely go with Bad Brains, superb bit of early hardcore with some reggae to chill to

 

[fossyant]

953 stainless of course (modern steel)