frames

bbolstad said:

Recently I have noticed that the frame is flexing more than it used to. I guess it does this from wear, and my local bike shop does agree.

Unless it's cracked, a bike frame will not become more flexible with age.

artmichalek said:

Unless it's cracked, a bike frame will not become more flexible with age.

Yup, nasty rumours abound regarding AL fatigue over the life of a frame. Might crack, but it won't become more noodly.

yeah, it's myth that bugs me, and the old "put a foot of a pedal and flex the bike" act is probably the oldest sales trick in the book 🙂

if anything, it's probably your spoke tension.

🙂 funny, I've recently decided that the frame is possibly the least important component, provided, of course, it's the right size, not a complete brick, not super flexy, and not too uncomfortable. I have 10 frames, varying in price [$1700, (AUS dollars), $800, $500, $300, $100, etc], and they all go as fast as each other. 🙂 I really comes down the legs and the wheels. The only frames of mine that 'bother' me are a couple of my 531s which are a little too flexy.