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[Closed] Waht is the point of magnesium?

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For a bike frame.

Surely it just ignites in a violent fashion when it rains?


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:36 pm
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...are you not thinking of potassium?

I've never seen a potassium framed bike! That would be crap in the UK weather!


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:39 pm
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Is anyone offering Mg frames these days? I know there have been a few over the years but they don't appear to have offered any real advantages AFAICT, or maybe they were nice and light but had other problems (galvanic corrosion maybe?)


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:47 pm
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i had a mag prototype fs bike in 1999 built in russia via a dodgy middleman in rumania ,, it was very light but a bit flexi they just copied a marin fs bike from the time with all the same tube dimensions

i rode it for about a year before it cracked around the swinging arm pivot,, didnt have a problem with corrosion despite it being raw unplated ,, and as far as i rember it never burst into flames


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:48 pm
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Waht is the point of magnesium?

STW Trolling - FAIL

Surely it just ignites in a violent fashion when it rains

GCSE Chemistry - FAIL

Waht

Spelling - FAIL

It's a failure hat-trick!


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:48 pm
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lol how many more of these are we going to get.

OP - you need to go look up metals again as you are getting confused about the whole rain thing.

Magnesium alloys are very light but expensive and I think more likely to crack. Most commonly used in racing car wheels.


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:49 pm
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Posted : 19/02/2011 7:54 pm
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I really wanted one of those Kirk's when they came out, luckily I never got one ๐Ÿ™‚

A Cesium frame would be best for a wizz bang in the rain ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:56 pm
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Snap

I mean - I wanted one too.

but also - snap ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:56 pm
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Yes aged 14 it just looked like no other bike I'd seen before, the black one looked amazing


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 7:58 pm
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lol.

I only got a 'c' for o=level chemistry. I must've avoided Isothermic* reactions on the question paper.

*or whatever it is


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 8:06 pm
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doubler


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 8:06 pm
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I got a U at GCSE, however I have a degree in Engineering ๐Ÿ˜• so I wouldn't worry ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 19/02/2011 8:07 pm