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Cast alloy does have a different structure to billet. Then, there is also a difference in cast, low pressure die cast and high pressure die cast.
One of the know issues with aluminium is that you can get voids in a casting if not careful. One of the biggest issues with the old English bikes - porous castings that allowed oil to seep through. Some of the Chinese pit bikes still suffer from lousy castings.
In normal use there should be no reason for a properly a cast lever to snap, however there have been cases of breakage in poorly cast products.
I do remember several years ago some metalurgist forecasting that aluminium bike frames would at some point in their lives begin to exhibit fatigue symptoms and I think it was motocross bikes he said could be expected to see frame breakages.
I'm checking with my solicitor on naming and shaming. I know the truth is a defence, but I don't want to get tied up spending a fortune defending that position.
One of the know issues with aluminium is that you can get voids in a casting if not careful. One of the biggest issues with the old English bikes - porous castings that allowed oil to seep through. Some of the Chinese pit bikes still suffer from lousy castings.
In normal use there should be no reason for a properly a cast lever to snap, however there have been cases of breakage in poorly cast products.
I do remember several years ago some metalurgist forecasting that aluminium bike frames would at some point in their lives begin to exhibit fatigue symptoms and I think it was motocross bikes he said could be expected to see frame breakages.
I'm checking with my solicitor on naming and shaming. I know the truth is a defence, but I don't want to get tied up spending a fortune defending that position.