Snapped frame picture.

[HJ]

s'wot you get when you use that lightweight alu-minimum stuff to makes bikes out of.
now when i was lad - they was all made out of steel and lasted forever....

My last bike was steel framed, it snapped at the head tube, all metals work harden over time and are prone to stress fracture. You want a frame which won't stress fracture, get carbon fibre...

 

[Howard]

You want a frame which won't stress fracture, get carbon fibre...

And then have your ride destroyed by a squirrel

 

[HJ]

And then have your ride destroyed by a squirrel

Have you ever tried to snap a squirrel in half? What makes to think that metal forks would have survived...

Did you read the rest of the blog post? "I'm well aware of the physics behind how carbon works in different applications and agree that this would have resulted in a bad crash regardless of the material ..."

 

[Blue]

Looks to be about the thickness of a coke tin.

Is any reasonably light bike, in any metal, much different?

 

[Howard]

Have you ever tried to snap a squirrel in half? What makes to think that metal forks would have survived...

My gut instinct, and I could be totally wrong, is that with cro-mo forks either "chippy" or the wheel would have failed before the fork. Still would have resulted in a nasty off, obviously.

Anyone care to test this hypothesis?

Did you read the rest of the blog post? "I'm well aware of the physics behind how carbon works in different applications and agree that this would have resulted in a bad crash regardless of the material ..."

Actually no, I didn't even know it was there. I was just posting in jest. Interesting reading, and the comments are interesting too.

 

[HJ]

If you are really worried about squirrels just just more spokes, then they can get between them...