Re: [CR]Sitting on top tube allowed?

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 00:15:43 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Sitting on top tube allowed?
To: roydrink@mac.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 3/4/02 4:25:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, roydrink@mac.com writes:

<< Wasn't there a problem with tube denting with a light version
   of Reynolds 753 when it came out? >> I saw a Team Raleigh 753 bike that had the water bottle braze-ons ripped out it. Two gaping holes where they used to be and still being raced! You definitely have to be careful with 753. If a frame is SL gauge or heavier, go ahead and lean on it. I don't think you would see Mr. Cannibal leaning on his KL Hour Record bike, even though he reportedly still has one of them and rides it out to coffee at the local Belgian cafe near his house. Stevan Thomas Alameda, CA