Can anybody explain the difference between taper gauge and taper?
Doland Cheung
classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org wrote on 02/24/2005 09:27:29 AM:
> Brandon Ives wrote:
>
> > You can't tell the difference once the tubes are built into a frame.
> > The listed difference between KL and Record is only 70 grams or about
> > 4-5% of the total tube weight. The main weight from a frame comes from
> > things like dropouts and the BB shell. With a little constructive
> > filing and carving of the rest of the frame parts (lugs, bosses, etc)
> > you can make a frame from KL that weighs as little or even less than
> > Record.
>
> But if you want *REALLY* light, you need Ishiwata Alpha:
>
> http://homepage3.nifty.com/
>
> --
>
> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA