-----Original Message----- Norman Kilgariff writes, in part>>>> I'm told a 753 tubeset is a mix, forks are always 531 because 753 is just too risky on the fork. Also, when Holdsworth started using 753 on the Professional the team suffered from snaps. Jock Kerr snapped a frame (right chainstay I think) during a late 70's Milk Race and was not a happy camper. You 'll get some techy stuff on the reynolds website.<<<<
The Reynolds web site states:
"The steering columns in all 753 sets are 531 material."
- which would seem to indicate that fork blades were 753. That's consistent with my Trek track frame which has very thin fork blades with "Reynolds 753 Fork Blades" decals. Seen here:
http://albums.photopoint.com/
Since I seem to have a cross section of Reynolds tubed frames (Merckx 753, Raleigh 753R, Trek 753R, two Trek 531Cs, Trek 531ST, Pike 531SL, Witcomb 531 conventional-butted [Okay, it's now Fred's, but it's still at my house], Falcon 525), digesting all the recent information, opinion and speculation has been pretty interesting. Maybe one of these days (yea sure, Wayne) I'll do a weight comparison of them all. Not terribly definitive, but would be interesting nonetheless, don't you think?
Wayne Bingham Falls Church VA - Is it really the end of November? It was 64F degrees when I left the house at 6:45am this morning!