Originally Posted by
Nyah
"How can we make bicycles that have a limited durability factor?" "Aluminum." "Take the squishy material used for beverage-packaging and turn it into bicycle frames/forks." "Brilliant!"
Aluminium can be very durable...I have a 13 year old aluminium framed MTB with a rigid steel fork and the frame is still solid, despite all the abuse and hard riding....Airplanes are also made out of aluminium.