Scandium Alloy Bike Frame

Spec distributor wiggle www wiggle co uk price 999 00 frame easton scandium front triangle easton ec90 carbon rear fork easton ec90 superlight full carbon size range 52 54 56.

Scandium alloy bike frame.

Carbon was just entering the fray but you could certainly still find nice modern steel bikes titanium magnesium aluminum and something called scandium which is an alloy using both aluminum and scandium. Whilst other manufacturers focus has been on carbon we believe that by putting the same development into alloy tubing we have created a frame that rivals carbon in. Scandium improves the welding characteristics of some aluminum alloys with superior fatigue resistance permitting the use of smaller diameter. Some manufacturers of bikes make frames out of aluminum alloys containing scandium usually referred to simply as scandium for marketing purposes although the sc content is less than 0 5.

There are some more exotic alloys including scandium and lithium in limited use which aim to reduce frame weight even further. We have put everything we have learned during the last 17 years of alloy frame design and manufacture into this completely new and very advanced scandium alloy road bike frame. Back in the early 2000s there was quite a choice of materials for frames on the market. Most likely just a cost issue.

When the ussr fell a canadian company named ashurst technology which has since died bought the knowledge and infrastructure for scandium usage from their ukrainian partners then licensed it off to easton sports easton manufacturer of aluminum bike frame tubes began using the technology to make lighter stronger tube sets than anyone else on the market.