dngr2self Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 I'm a big fan of the stock Onza Limey 4 frames and was thinking of buying a steel equivalent from Marino. Although I like the idea I'm not sure what type of tubing would be best and what would be the benefits? I'm not too concerned with weight. Any help would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Custom butted true temper ox platinum would be best, but then you're looking at a huge tooling cost, probably running to the thousands just for raw material Just go with the 4130 tubing marino offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny--Trials Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 4130 is much stronger than the carbon steel (which im assuming is just a form of mild steel). 4130 tubes are also extruded from a die (cold drawn) when they're made where as the mild steel ones are most probably rolled hot from sheet to save a fair chunk of money. But, mild steel is much stronger than the 6061 or 7005 grades of aluminium most commonly used in trials frames. So, personally, i dont really see the need in spending the extra money for 4130 when chances are that if it did crack, it would crack on the weld anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dngr2self Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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