Zoom wrote:


I don't mind buying Chinese bikes, I have three of them from this
manufacturer. Whether a dictatorship is communist or capitalist is all
the same to me.

Indeed! As GEN Patton said of the Soviets and Nazis -- "it's just like
the Democrats and Republicans!" Seriously...the country winds up going
to war whether you care for it or not.

My titanium mountain bike has taken a pounding and is still going strong.

Is titanium inherently stronger than aluminum or carbon fiber?