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Default 6063 aluminum tubing

I was thinking with enough outer diameter and wall thickness maybe
6063 will be good enough and still be lighter than using steel tubing.






On Apr 7, 9:49 am, cavelamb himself wrote:
wrote:
Is 6063 aluminum tubing suitable for making a bicycle or motorcycle
frame? is it strong enough?


The safe answer is no.

6061T6 - maybe - depending on size adn wall.

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