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Old 03-28-2012, 05:15 AM   #95
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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus View Post
Here's a question for you weight weenies: why use titanium when aluminum is so much lighter?
I really don't know, being a newb I've thought about this myself a few times in the last few months. I have come to the conclusion that you can make a pretty light alloy, and when you go down with the bike, because you will go down with the bike eventually....the frame will come out in better shape then a carbon or straight aluminum. I am prolly wrong, but it's what I've come up with on my own.
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