Whats the best metal

[Milo]

well?

 

[mondobongo]

The best of the best?

 

[tdr1nka]

Mettalica circa 1984

 

[magnatom]

Heavy?

 

[Aperitif]

Mercury.

Because it's runny.

I thought because it was Thready...

 

[Milo]

What would a cast iron bike ride like I wonder.

 

[rogerzilla]

Caesium. It's not very strong, it scratches easily, but when it rains...

View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sNdijknRxfU

 

[Trillian]

depends what you're wanting to do with it, a steel-cobalt alloy is my personal favorite.

 

[marinyork]

beryllium and iron

 

[Stig-OT-Dump]

Steel pays a lot of my bills (steel sheet piling, to be precise) so I love it.

Lead also helps bring the pennies in on a regular basis.

 

[bonj2]

What would a cast iron bike ride like I wonder.

I would guess it would be a fairly gash bike miloat to be honest.
Probably like the difference between steel and aluminium alloy, but magnified 10x.
It would be VERY heavy, and not at all stiff - so if you made it thin enough to be light enough to be possible to pedal it along then it would probably flex quite a bit. It probably wouldn't break though.

That magnified even more, like 100x, would be a solid GOLD bike. In fact that would probably bend like a warm chocolate bar as soon as you got on it.

 

[Fnaar]

Aluminium (aluminum if ur a yank)... cos it makes aeroplanes, bikes and tin foil and has an interesting name. I'm sure you could make a house out of it if you put your mind to it. And very possibly shoes, or a pair of flippers.

 

[marinyork]

Anyone know what materials some of the early proto-bikes were made out of?

 

[Milo]

Im sure there was a magnesium bike.

 

[Fnaar]

Anyone know what materials some of the early proto-bikes were made out of?

toast. Or maybe sponge and icing sugar.