The MTB Glossary
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3. Frame material
Steel:
- inexpensive
- durable
- comfortable
- rusts
- heavy
Aluminum:
- light
- widely used
- doesn't rust
- very uncomfortable
- subject to fatigue
Carbon:
- very light
- can be very comfortable
- doesn't rust
- sensitive to blows
- expensive
Titanium:
- very light
- very comfortable
- very durable - indestructible
- doesn't rust
- very expensive
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