Re: [CR]Raleigh Int'l- all tubes butted?

Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:57:56 -0500
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Int'l- all tubes butted?
To: DTSHIFTER@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <69.3f8bcb80.2d1a4a4e@aol.com>

Schwinn made different decals.

Actually I think the seat tube is actually a single butt also. So there are only two truly "double butted" tubes!

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ

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From: DTSHIFTER@aol.com
To: lists@PeterWhiteCycles.com

<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Int'l- all tubes butted?

> John Barron wrote:
>
>
> Question-
>
>
> Does a Raleigh International have all the tubes butted 531, or just the main
> tubes?
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> And Peter White responded:
>
> << All tubes butted is a bit of a misnomer. The main triangle are butted. But
>
> the seat stays and chainstays I believe are tapered. I don't know of any
>
> butted seat stays or chainstays. >>
>
> Wasn't there a bit of a "to do" about this many years ago? So much so that
> Reynolds changed their decals from..."Double Butted Tubes, Forks and
> Stays......" to a more precise....."Forks, Stays, and Double Butted Main Tubes"?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chuck Brooks
> Malta, NY