MS2™ Bike Tubing for Road Bikes and Mountain Bike Frame Applications

Patented technology creates a new market for high strength stainless steel bike tubing. After years of engineering and development, KVA STAINLESS™ is introducing its new, patented, custom-made stainless steel bicycle tubing called MS2™ for road and mountain bike frames and forks. Stainless steel bicycle tubesets and tubing are proudly made in the USA. You can purchase on-line or give us a call.

Already proven by KVA STAINLESS™ in other industries, patented KVA STAINLESS™ martensitic stainless steel structural tubing can now be integrated into high performance bicycle frames to reduce weight, increase strength and stiffness, at a significant cost savings over competitive materials.

MS2™ is an air-hardenable, martensitic stainless steel with amazing tensile strength > 200 ksi (1400 Mpa) which means it's twice as strong as titanium with a frame weight comparable to highend aluminum. The tubing has excellent corrosion-resistance, with elongation > 14% and a hardness ~ 38-42 HRC.

MS2™ Stainless Steel tubing is made in the U.S.A. from first quality domestic stainless steel alloys using the most modern forming, welding and precision thermal processing technology available to produce custom-made tubing, including variable wall thickness known as "butted" tubes.

"Douglas Gore, vice-president of sales and business development, said, "Bike builders have been very generous with their ideas and thoughts, as well as extremely supportive. Cyclists should expect excellent ride characteristics, outstanding durability, and toughness from our new MS² bicycle tubing. And on the style side, stainless steel offers the timeless beauty and unmatched craftsmanship of an unpainted frame. In the olden days of cycling, pre-1975, bicycles were built with steel frames, plated steel spokes and chromed steel rims. When stainless steel spokes arrived everybody celebrated and immediately switched over. Stainless steel as a frame tubing material has held much promise, but until now has been seen as too expensive, too difficult to work with, or both. KVA STAINLESS solves these problems."

"Paul Taylor, of Taylor Bicycles, said, "KVA Stainless is willing to listen to the frame builders and what they have to say, and takes their input seriously. I like the fact that the tubing is made in America and is readily available, in stock, and offered in a variety of diameters and sizes. The quality of the KVA tubing is excellent and it's more user friendly and easier to work with than some of the competitors' stainless steel tubing. My customers love it!"

"Alex Cook, of A-train Cycles, said, "I was surprised and impressed with the workability of KVA stainless tubing. KVA is an awesome company to do business with: from the ease of online ordering and customer services, to the care in packaging, and of course the finished product."

"Mark Nobilette, of Nobilette Cycles, said, "I believe that KVA has finally made the stainless tube set that frame builders want. It integrates the best with the stainless fittings that are already out there."

Excellent mechanical properties, including specific strength and stiffness, toughness and fatigue performance, can be achieved using MS2™ tubing in place of other materials. Ideal applications include silver brazed lugged construction and TIG welded bicycle frames.

Over the last two years, Joe McCrink, production manager and Danny Codd, director of engineering have manufactured and tested numerous road bike frames using MS²™ tubing.

McCrink stated, "There is a growing interest for stainless steel frames as riders like the 'feel of steel'." McCrink and Codd recently attended Interbike to network with bicycle manufacturers. "There was much excitement and interest in KVA's stainless steel tubing technology across all bicycle market segments, from BMX to high-end road bikes. It's the right time for this technology in the bicycle industry," says Codd.

KVA STAINLESS™ is a privately owned company that provides innovative, low-cost, advanced, high-strength, martensitic stainless steel processing technology and solutions to an industrial customer base. It specializes in first-rate research and development, high quality manufacturing standards, and uncompromising customer service. KVA STAINLESS has grown out of Hi-Temp inc. Founded in 1953, Hi-Temp was one of the largest processors of martensitic stainless steels in North America. KVA STAINLESS owns several proprietary and patent-pending processing, joining and manufacturing methods for martensitic stainless steels.

Tubing Protected by one or more of the following U.S. Patents 7232053, 7475478, 7540402, 7618503.

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