Re: [CR]953

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Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 17:55:00 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]953
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Maraging steels have been around since during the on-topic period, but I'm wondering if anyone has made a proper butted cycle tubeset out of them prior to 953? In the '70s they were very expensive and hard to obtain.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA

On 10/9/06, John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net> wrote:
>
> At 06:52 AM 10/3/06 -0700, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> >So what is 953? Is is it Moly-Manganese like 531 or is it Chrome-Moly?
>
> I've been away from the computer for a few days and came back to 800+
> emails. I did see this one answered, but here it is from the horse's
> mouth,
> with more detail.
>
> http://www.reynoldscycles.co.uk/steel953.html
>
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, Ontario
> Canada