RE: [CR]No more DeRosas : they all broke ?!?!

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

From: "Anvil Bikeworks" <ojv@earthlink.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]No more DeRosas : they all broke ?!?!
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:19:08 -0700
In-Reply-To: <200411061941.LAA11759@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>

Re: EFBE

http://www.anvilbikes.com/story.php?news_ID=9&catID=3 http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/opinions/frame-test.html

Cheers! Don Ferris Anvil Bikeworks, Inc. Littleton, Colorado Ph: 303.471.7533 / 303.919.9073 Fax: 413.556.6825 http://www.anvilbikes.com

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Donald Gillies Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 12:41 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]No more DeRosas : they all broke ?!?!

Do you wonder if perhaps the reason why the early 1970's SLX DeRosas are so rare, is because these framesets have all broken ??

http://www.damonrinard.com/EFBe/frame_fatigue_test.htm

Quite possibly - after all, the DeRosa in this fatigue-limit test performed the worst out of 20 bikes !! And will we be stuck with TREK OCLV frames for a long, long, long time because apparently they are balanced in a way that allows them to survive many fatigue cycles ??

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA