Re: [Classicrendezvous] TSX heat treated? Nope

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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:31:22 +0100
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] TSX heat treated? Nope
From: "Hilary Stone" <Hilary.Stone@Tesco.net>
To: OROBOYZ@aol.com, lberg@ventoux.com, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


I don't think the TSX tubes were heat treated but both the top tube and down tube were also a little thinner, 0.8/0.6 rather than 0.9/0.6 of the SLX. Hilary Stone

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Dale wrote:

> Lee points out the difference..

>

> SLX and TSX are exactly the same except for TSX's full length long ribbing in

> 2 tubes, top & down.

>

> No heat treating at all from Columbus until much later...

>

> There was a Nuovo SLX set introduced a few years back that supposedly had

> shorter butts and was aimed at (surprise!) Tig welding...