Tim: I have not heard anyone express concerns about steel "going soft" in 6 years selling and servicing steel bikes at HC.
That said, one thing I have learned selling and servicing steel bikes, is that ANYTHING can break even under normal circumstances. Lots of well-regarded and well-cared-for steel frames break every year, long before the steel has gone soft. We see lots of them. As Mongo often says to people who are surprised by worn-out or broken components or frames: "bikes are a wear item." For every 120,000 mile steel frame, there are many that broke in one season of riding. Bikes, ones that get ridden anyway, have a hard life. It's silly to think they'll last forever. On Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:24:02 PM UTC-5, Tim McNamara wrote: > > On Mar 15, 2012, at 12:25 PM, William wrote: > > > > OK, that's not a direct quote. He didn't say that specifically, but in > today's blog post, Jan does debunk the notion that steel frames "go soft" > with use. They don't. You can't break in a steel bike and make it get > more flexible for comfort and planing, and you can't wear out a steel frame > in terms of stiffness. It doesn't get flexier with use. You might break > it with use, but you won't make it flexier. Good read and uncontroversial > for many of us, but definitely counter to the popular notion in the cycling > community in general. > > > > http://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/frames-going-soft/ > > > Is this still a popular notion in the cycling community? I haven't heard > anyone claim this in years, having been debunked many times already. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/R7kWCDPPovoJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
