LouDeeter@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 7/1/2005 11:29:56 A.M.
Eastern Daylight Time:
> Not sure why you think the outside diameter is
> smaller. All 26.8 means is that there is a thicker wall to the
> normal 1 1/8" outside diameter tube. It is butted from .9 instead of
> the more common .7 for 27.2.
Seat tubes are usually only single-butted (at the bottom end), so this shouldn't be a factor.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA