techyiam

Although it is possible to powder coat and not get overaging, it is also possible to get overaging with powder coating alone (without heatiing the frames to anywhere near 1000 degrees to clean the frame) Overaging results in a weaker frame. http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=mech_fac (Nobble's link in a pinkbike thread) Scroll to conclusion. The bike manufacturers will get it right. Getting a bad reputation, and having to contend with warranty returns are great motivating reasons.. Even if they didn't get it right at the beginning, they will find out soon enough from examining return frames when looking for cause of failure. They can tweak the process until they get it right. However, for the average owner wanting to get powder coating done, that is entirely another story.