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WARNING: Frequent inspection of your bike is important to your safety. Follow the Mechanical Safety Check in
Section 1.C of this Manual before every ride.
Periodic, more detailed inspection of your bicycle is important. How often this more detailed inspection is needed
depends upon you.
You, the rider/owner, have control and knowledge of how often you use your bike, how hard you use it and where you
use it. Because your dealer cannot track your use, you must take responsibility for periodically bringing your bike to
your dealer for inspection and service. Your dealer will help you decide what frequency of inspection and service is
appropriate for how and where you use your bike.
For your safety, understanding and communication with your dealer, we urge you to read this Appendix in its entirety.
The materials used to make your bike determine how and how frequently to inspect.
Ignoring this WARNING can lead to frame, fork or other component failure, which can result in serious injury or death.
A. Understanding metals
Steel is the traditional material for building bicycle frames. It has good characteristics, but in high performance bicycles, steel
has been largely replaced by aluminum and some titanium. The main factor driving this change is interest by cycling enthusiasts
in lighter bicycles.
Properties of Metals
Please understand that there is no simple statement that can be made that characterizes the use of different metals for
bicycles. What is true is how the metal chosen is applied is much more important than the material alone. One must look at the
way the bike is designed, tested, manufactured, supported along with the characteristics of the metal rather than seeking a
simplistic answer.
Metals vary widely in their resistance to corrosion. Steel must be protected or rust will attack it. Aluminum and Titanium
quickly develop an oxide film that protects the metal from further corrosion. Both are therefore quite resistant to corrosion.
Aluminum is not perfectly corrosion resistant, and particular care must be used where it contacts other metals and galvanic
corrosion can occur.
Metals are comparatively ductile. Ductile means bending, buckling and stretching before breaking. Generally speaking, of
the common bicycle frame building materials steel is the most ductile, titanium less ductile, followed by aluminum.
Metals vary in density. Density is weight per unit of material. Steel weighs 7.8 grams/cm3 (grams per cubic centimeter),
titanium 4.5 grams/cm3, aluminum 2.75 grams/cm3. Contrast these numbers with carbon fiber composite at 1.45 grams/ cm3.
Metals are subject to fatigue. With enough cycles of use, at high enough loads, metals will eventually develop cracks that
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