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It hasn't ever happened to me but people say that with steel the breaking point can rattle a bit, then it sort of gets all fucked, and THEN it fails - essentially you have some "there is something not quite right here" time before something fails. The same people say that with aluminium the fail happens extremely quickly, the thin metal shears and the fail is catastrophic.
Generally the advice is if it's alu and the frame is bent (especially on the top tube) bin it / stay away
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I did Hell of the Ashdown a few weeks back which has a good cross section of committed roadies and ambitious choppers, but the early season date and elevation is enough filter out most of the Altura Ultras. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Rapha still rules the road in the SE. There was scattered Maap layers, a few Hypersexual Lithe PNS types, and some scattered Albion - those were all making inroads yes, but otherwise it was Rapha everywhere. I did see a little Castelli which was nice, made ne nostalgic for 2014. Anyway it was Rapha on the Stayers, O'Reillys, Supersixes, even the SWorks types were generally Rapha (I rode it fixed in Albion natch)
Rapha makes good shit. But is it the best or coolest these days? Nah mate, nah
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Did I mentioned I ride fixed