your talking shite. trials frames are lighter than normal frames because theres less material on them. steel is heavy so the tubing on a steel trials frame has to be pretty thin to keep the weight down, making steel frames weaker. bmx's weigh how much? a lot more than a trials frame for sure thats a t-comp though, their known for snapping easy because theres so little material on them. and by the looks of it, you were being stupidly harsh on it. when mike snapped his headtube off.. he scratched up his arm was a pain to watch by the way.. his frame was steel