[CR]Was Japanese bike makers, Now Butted Tubing

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From: <LouDeeter@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:21:39 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Was Japanese bike makers, Now Butted Tubing

Why did more or the Japanese manufacturers use triple and quad butted tubing than the European builders? Was it simply Japanese used Ishiwata and Tange and Europeans used Reynolds and Columbus, et al and the Japanese steel makers offered the multi-butted tubing? Lou Deeter, Orlando Fl