I'm a mechanical engineer with 3 steel bikes, so I really appreciated Daniel Yang's (Neuhaus Metalworks) video explaining, in engineering terms, what makes steel as a bike frame material so unique. He goes into Stress vs Strain, Elastic/Plastic deformation, butting, heat treating, and second moment of inertia in non-engineering terms.
by Sintered_Monkey
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And they just look sexier!
I’m all in on plastic deformity
TL;DR spring
I miss my old Joe Murray-designed Kona steel-frame MTBs from the 90s. By today’s standards they were road and gravel bikes, and were very fun frames.
Nice YT channel, subscribed!
It’s alright, but it uses a lot of specialist lingo and science to basically say “it’s comfy and easy to work with”.
Steel is real. Amen to this. Love my steel frames.
I love steel bikes with good tubing. Responsive in an enjoyable way. Not taking anything away from carbon bikes though. And I have a couple of aluminium bikes. It comes down to the use case