[CR]RE: Questions about old frames

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

From: <mercian531@bellsouth.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]RE: Questions about old frames
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 9:59:13 -0500

An asked:
>Did all those old bikes use straight gauge tubing? When did thin wall
>butted tubing come into use?

According to the Reynolds tubing site they began making butted tubing in 1897!

Jim Cole
Memphis, TN