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Old 11-03-14, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
This is likely the best known of the bikes marketed as a Magnesium frame, but I think lots of bikes were built with some kind of magnesium alloyed tubes. I always assumed Bianchis mangalloy stays had some percentage of magnesium in them.
The 'mang' in mangalloy comes from manganese.
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