snipped: " I knew one guy who said he could tell a gauge by how fast it warmed up in his hand."
how fast 'what' was in his hands?
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NortonMarg@aol.com writes: Bianchi was a fan of mixing gauges in their sets. The "Bianchi Special" set has SP gauge downtube and chainstays with SL gauge tubes in the seat stays, seat tube and top tube. If that frame was specially built for a certain rider, they could have further matched the gauges to his size, weight, strength and pedaling style. My guess is it's the top drawer tubing in mixed gauges, but there's no way to tell easily. I knew one guy who said he could tell a gauge by how fast it warmed up in his hand. Most people saying that would get a "yeah,
right..." from me but in his case it's believable. I suppose you could
take some
kind of drum stick and tap on it and maybe get something from the tone.
Perhaps that's something Brian can work into his research. Anyone have an
O scope to
lend him for measuring the pitch of the taps?
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA