[CR]'Straight' gauge 531 ? (not Confente :-)

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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 07:38:41 +0100
From: "Bob Reid" <bob.reid@btconnect.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <3B2CFCB7.7B78E1DF@erim-int.com>
Subject: [CR]'Straight' gauge 531 ? (not Confente :-)

Anyone like to let me in to the story behind the term "straight gauge 531" - I thought all the 3 main tubes were "butted" in a full 531 set or am I mising something here.

Bob Reid Stonehaven Scotland
> From: Leonard Bulger <bulger@erim-int.com>
> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:53:43 -0400
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Beater Bikes?
>
> Purple BSA Gold Vase with straight gauge 531. Fixed gear with a TA 3-pin
> crank and track chainring. Tires are Tufo 65 PSI cross sewups. Bars
> are flat and semi-circular in shape. The frame cost $25 and the tires
> were $130!
>
> Leonard Bulger
> Too hot in the offuie today.