. . . the making of XC FS racing machine - STEREO . . .
Here are my tables and charts of the different tubes.
As it can be seen the Columbus Altec2 has far the best weight/price ratio. It is the lightest and twice as affordable as Easton Scandium. So at this point STEREO is going to be built with Columbus tubing. I am not going to take into account the properties of these three tube sets as they are commonly used by bicycle manufacturers so there should be no problem with quality, strenght or stiffness. Both Easton and Columbus suggest to use these tube sets in mountain bike frames so I am not going to be calculating any stress, strength or stiffness factors. Also the welding process is about the same on Ultralight and Altec2 and mor complicated on Scandium so again all points to Columbus. Finishing can be done same ways on all three tube sets, so this is no factor here.
Of course if in any point there will come up any problem with the Columbus, then it may be concidered to use the Easton tubes.
As it can be seen the Columbus Altec2 has far the best weight/price ratio. It is the lightest and twice as affordable as Easton Scandium. So at this point STEREO is going to be built with Columbus tubing. I am not going to take into account the properties of these three tube sets as they are commonly used by bicycle manufacturers so there should be no problem with quality, strenght or stiffness. Both Easton and Columbus suggest to use these tube sets in mountain bike frames so I am not going to be calculating any stress, strength or stiffness factors. Also the welding process is about the same on Ultralight and Altec2 and mor complicated on Scandium so again all points to Columbus. Finishing can be done same ways on all three tube sets, so this is no factor here.
Of course if in any point there will come up any problem with the Columbus, then it may be concidered to use the Easton tubes.
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