Mountain Biking Guide

The price of a mountain bicycle frame is proportional to its material, as well as the treatment that material has received. Now , there are 5 kinds of material utilized in trail bikes - high tensile steel, chromoly steel, aluminum, titanium, and carbon fiber. Outsized diameters, heat treating, and butting are tubes material treatments which will increase the price of a frame too. High tensile steel This is a particularly sturdy amalgamate that is found in lower priced trail bicycles. It offers a high carbon content which makes it less stiff than chromoly steel, so more materials are wanted to make it stiff enough for bike frames, that will in turn make it that much heavier.


Comparatively cheap to supply, you will find this material in trail bikes, town bikes, and even entry level mountain bicycles. There are some bikes that come with a chromoly seat tube, while the rest is high tensile steel. Chromoly steel Short for steel amalgamate, chromoly is best described by its major additions - chromium and molybdenum. This is perhaps the most refined framing material, giving over a hundred years of dependable service. Relying on the sort of heat treating and butting, you'll find this material in bikes as low as four hundred greenbacks all of the way up to 1,500 and beyond.


The chromoly steel material offers superb sturdiness and a compliant ride characteristic. Aluminum For the past fifteen years, aluminum has been refined in just about the same way as chromoly. there were varied alloys developed, as well as heat treatment, oversizing, and butting. With twin suspension bikes, aluminum is the preferred material as it is the stiffest and most inexpensive. Aluminum is stiffer than chromoly, and so it'll crack before chromoly. Naturally, this relies on how you ride and how much abuse you give the frame. The benefits of aluminum is that the frame is extraordinarily light and very stiff thru oversizing or butting.

Titanium Even thought it's somewhat exotic, the costs for this material have come down over the previous few years. Frames made from titanium remain costly as it takes more time to weld the tubes to the frame.

Titanium is regarded an amalgamate, typically mixed with small quantities of vanadium and aluminum to give it better weldability and ride traits. More compliant than chromoly, it offers better fatigue and corrosion properties.

The material you select for your cycle, all relies on where you ride and what style you use. Virtually all materials will last you for a while so long as you look after your cycle and treat the frame with some respect.