Hi-ten steel (high tensile strength) has a tensile strength of at least 50KSI. Chrome Moly alloys are often 100KSI or more depending on alloy and treatment. You can use a thinner wall (lighter) tube in Cr-Mo than Hi Ten. It also is a livelier material, giving a nicer feel when riding. IMO, you can take this too far. For example, Reynolds 831 is very light and strong, and also very stiff (and usually formed in larger diameter thin wall tube), which defeats the purpose for me of riding a steel bike. I like 531 myself, and the somewhat stiffer 731. YMMV. There a numerous tables around where you can compare the tensiles of various alloys.
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:11 AM, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro < [email protected]> wrote: > Other than weight, is there a disadvantage to hi-ten? I thought the point > to using any given sterl was to (essentially) keep the frame strong enough > while reducing weight. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
