Concept Bikes & Bike Innovation - for better or worse

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skydancer

New light Steel, lighter and cheaper than titanium

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/scientists-develop-steel-alloy-as-good-as-titanium-only-cheaper/018859

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gbj_tester in reply to @skydancer

"the bicycle industry would surely benefit from such a material"

Nope. We already have high strength steels, certainly strong enough that you run out of stiffness long before you run out of strength. I can't think of a single place on a bicycle where the strength of steel is the limiting factor.

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