Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:39:08 +0100 From: "Norris Lockley" <norris@norrislockley.wanadoo.co.uk> To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]753 v 531
It seems to me that the French 531 Bartali owned by Kurt Sperry, must be a plain gauge tubing frame, if it has a 26.4 mm internal diameter, although Sutherland's guide gives this as an alternative to 26.6 for a double-butted tube. 26.2 is given as the PG internal diameter.
Norris Lockley Settle UK but packing my bags for a further 7 weeks in France..and maybe a glimpse of the Tour-de-France...but it doesn't grab me like it used to do in the days of the cotton casquettes and swooping external non-aero brake cables...
Nope. Sutherland's is correct. An Imperial diameter plain-gauge 531 ST I.D. would typically be 26.2 - 26.4 (like my old '73 Super Course was)....
Greg Parker
back in Ann Arbor, Michigan