Re: [CR]Butted tubing - when?

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: "Steve Neago" <questor@cinci.rr.com>
To: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
References: <a052106e2be11dd429374@[67.100.126.107]>
Subject: Re: [CR]Butted tubing - when?
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:09:23 -0500
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Your answer is located here at the following http://www.YellowJersey.org URL - in the 1978 Reynolds brochure... butted tubing originated in 1897 and 531db tubing was introduced in 1935.

http://www.yellowjersey.org/53103.html

Regards, Steve Neago
Cincinnati, OH

----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Heine
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 4:24 PM
Subject: [CR]Butted tubing - when?

> I'd like to ask this list for advice that is outside my area of
> expertise: Was butted frame tubing commonly used in racing bikes
> around 1910? If not, was it available at all?
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> Jan Heine, Seattle