According to the Falcon catalog, 453 and 501 were available at the same time. It also mentions specially manufactured standard taper seatstays and round-oval-round chainstays of 501.
Leonard Bulger Ann Arbor, MI
On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 09:39 AM, Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:
>> I got this from a 1988 Falcon catalog. 453 is butted
>> Chromalloy-M like 501. It is heat-treated and cold
>> worked. Tensile strength is 802 N/mm2. Gauge is
>> 1.02/0.81mm. It looks like 453 was just the 3 main
>> tubes. 501 had all the tubes and the gauge was
>> different.
> Leonard,
> Thanks for info; so much for Reynolds' statement that the
> stuff never existed. Perhaps we should send Reynolds a copy of
> the catalogue to convince their modern employees that the stuff
> actually exists.
> But I'm not sure I follow your statement that "501 had all
> the tubes". I have a Peugeot made from 501 and I think that
> only the main tubes and fork blades are 501.
> I wonder if the 453 business wasn't simply an attempt to get
> away from the (undeserved) bad reputation that 501 had
> acquired.
> That is, it's the same material as 501 but rebadged in such a
> manner as to associate it with the vaunted 753.
> Cheers,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
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