jan230

I'm looking at this Gary Fisher on the local CL.
https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/...689499660.html
The owner insists that the frame is Cromo even though it has the "Hand built in USA Aluminium" decal.
He says it passes the magnet test and that the welds are smaller than you see with Alu.
I doubt he'll let me take a grinder to it for a spark test!
Anyone know this bike or any other method to verify?
Thanks, Jan

thumpism 

Looks like that downtube sticker says ALUMINUM on it, unless is says NOT ALUMINUM. Was the magnet test done on the fork, by chance? I don't know the bike but don't know many cases of factories putting the wrong stickers on their frames.

wesmamyke

That bike is steel. The shot of the dropouts shows brazed in steel drops, pretty hard to argue with that.

TenGrainBread 

It's steel. The pictures showing the welds and the dropouts are a dead giveaway.

jan230

Thanks for the input folks.
The image I attached is from an image search so there are at least two bikes out there that are mis-labeled!
The magnet was used in multiple spots all indicating steel.
Rims,stem,seatpost,calipers are all aluminium
Now I want to know what kind of steel....
Thanks again

bdooner

Now I want to know what kind of steel....

There was one steel Piranha model. 1997 Hi tensile steel.
Mid to late 2000's they were alloy.