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Limited Edition Fighter Jet Gray from Niner – Air 9 Scandium Frame Only

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limited edition fighter jet gray niner bikes air 9 scandium 29er hardtail frame

If you like to make swooshing jet sounds while you ride or you think it’s funny/cool to hang a “remove before flight” tag from your seatpost, Niner’s got a little treat for you.

Thanks to employee persistence, they’ve come out with a very limited edition Aircraft Gray (we like Fighter Jet Gray better) color for their Air 9 Scandium hardtail 29er frame. How limited? Let’s put it this way: If you wait until tomorrow, you’re probably out of luck. Get the deets on their Facebook page. MSRP is $709.

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Kevin
Kevin
12 years ago

Does scandium crack easier than aluminum?

Joshua Murdock
12 years ago

If you buy it for the color, don’t ride it. If you do, you’ll need to buy a replacement frame in a few months. Looks good but it’s all just show. Scandium frames crack. A lot.

alloycowboy
alloycowboy
12 years ago

See Eastons technical notes on Al-Sc frame manufactering as it will answer most of your questions.

http://www.eastoncycling.com/bike/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fab_instructions-sc.pdf

Patrick
12 years ago

Oops, glad my 2006 Niner One 9 cannot read the internet. It might get the silly idea that it needs to crack.

Tywin
Tywin
12 years ago

Scandium frames crack a lot? What a load of crap. I’ve been working at a shop for going on 5 years that sells Kona’s, who do a lot of scandium-framed bikes, and I haven’t seen ONE come back. We’ve had alloy/carbon Meridas and Marins come back, but no Konas. So I dont know what you’re basing your assumption from.

Marc Basiliere
12 years ago

@Kevin – My Scandium-framed On-One Scandal has been going strong for years…

GMB
GMB
12 years ago

A “scandium” frame is still an aluminum frame. SC is just an additive to the aluminum alloy, very small, usually less than 0.5%. It improve fatigue resistance and weldability. The “scandium” frame is just a marketing trick, they could call frames “zinc” and “magnesium” as well.

Cool link here, click on SC: http://www.ptable.com/.

Nice bike frame nonetheless.

Gian
Gian
12 years ago

Just had a fisher aluminum frame crack. It just depends on the tubing, welding, design and use. I’m sure a poorly designed and welded scandium frame will crack but so would a poorly designed and built steel/carbon/bamboo etc frame.

Good thing fisher/trek have a good warranty policy… Good chance niner has one too.

topmounter
topmounter
12 years ago

I think I still prefer my raw Air9 w/ raw Niner Carbon Fork, but I like the way they’re thinking.

Joshua Murdock
12 years ago

Hey, I’m not saying every scandium frame will crack… but my college roommate experienced three Air 9 frames crack on him in a little over one year. He’s a light, technically able rider who rides carefully and is not one to throw his bikes around. I train with him almost every day and have never had any issues with my non-scandium frame. So, like I said, maybe there are some good scandium bikes, but the Air 9 is prone to frequent cracking.

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