British: Aluminium American: Aluminum French Canadian: Theet stuff Sorry, Frank, I couldn't resist. Glad to hear you got the bike back on the road.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 8:42 AM Subject: Re: Al barrel (was: *ist D revisited ) > I just bought a "new" used track bike frame, my first aluminium frame. It's the > stiffest freaking frame I've ever ridden. When I stand up, there is ~no~ flex > in the bottom bracket area at all. Not compared to what I've been used to in > riding steel all my life. > > This has nothing to do with cameras. I just wanted to brag about my new bike > <vbg>. And, to second what Keith said about aluminium - even though he doesn't > know how to spell it <vbg>. It's not the metal itself, it's what one does with > it (in the case of bikes, make the walls thin, oversize the tubes for stiffness, > so you still get a light frame). > > regards, > frank > > Keith Whaley wrote: > > > I've dealt with designing and fabricating parts out of aluminum for most > > of my professional life, and in the past 25+ years for aero- and outer > > space programs and let me tell you, there are aluminum alloys available > > that can match the strength and come close to the thermal expansion of > > good steel. > > What the average consumer has been exposed to are soft and weak, > > comparatively speaking. > > > > No reason to expect that the camera industry wouldn't have just much > > interest in making parts of the best aluminum alloys, with properties > > chosen to do the job. > > Which is not to say that there aren't some parts from manufacturers who > > don't care about ultimate strengths and dent resistance and wear > > properties, but I can assure you, the major manufacturers certainly do. > > > > keith whaley > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > >
