frame materials

What are the relative merits of aluminium or quality steel? I'm talkimg with
reference to touring bikes
Tia
Rob

Robert Norton wrote:
What are the relative merits of aluminium or quality steel? I'm talkimg with
reference to touring bikes


It all depends on dimensions of the tubing (diameter, wall thickness,
etc.) and what the frame builder does with it.

See:
http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-materials.html

Art Harris

Thanks, Art- great site!
RN
"Art Harris" wrote in message
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Robert Norton wrote:
What are the relative merits of aluminium or quality steel? I'm talkimg
with
reference to touring bikes


It all depends on dimensions of the tubing (diameter, wall thickness,
etc.) and what the frame builder does with it.

See:
http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-materials.html

Art Harris

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:10:19 +0100, Robert Norton wrote:

What are the relative merits of aluminium or quality steel? I'm talkimg
with reference to touring bikes

If you are going around the world, then get steel as you can get them
repaired everywhere.


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What are the relative merits of aluminium or quality steel? I'm talkimg
with reference to touring bikes

If you are going around the world, then get steel as you can get them
repaired everywhere.

You can probably also get a new frame shipped to you, which may be
better than having the local blacksmith patch it up.

Have you considered bamboo?

A small advantage of my Al frame is that my handlebar bell/compass works.

terryc writes:

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:10:19 +0100, Robert Norton wrote:

What are the relative merits of aluminium or quality steel? I'm talkimg
with reference to touring bikes

If you are going around the world, then get steel as you can get them
repaired everywhere.

This has been debunked a million times.

However, I would always recommend steel because I have seen a LOT of
dented alu frames from something as harmless as a bike falling across
the top of a post for example.