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		midoridensha on Sept 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VanMoof acquired by e-mobility company Lavoie I've seen no evidence that aluminum bikes don't last a few decades. Frame failure is not a common failure mode in bicycles.

wiredfool on Sept 1, 2023 [–]

I've had two frames fail with fatigue cracks at ~ 10k miles or less. One steel (at the chainstay bridge weld) and one aluminum (at the seat tube/bottom bracket weld).

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