Re: [CR]Stainless steel tubing, Reynolds and Columbus

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:31:04 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Stainless steel tubing, Reynolds and Columbus
References: <70e14d4c0611111338r410d2884n3e134b20c16fef8b@mail.gmail.com> <CE922A91-2B49-423A-A70E-8890E347C677@ivycycles.com>
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Brandon Ives wrote:
> I haven't been convinced that stainless is any better than
> non-stainless, just shinier and harder to work. If you want light
> checkout the True Temper S-3 tubing Hank sells:
> http://www.henryjames.com/s3.html
> I'll keep my eye on it to see if it develops and if it does and a
> customer wants to pony up the cash I'll give it a whorl. Until that time
> I'll stay on the sidelines. Just so this stays on topic let me add that
> I believe that using something like this stuff with its ultra-thin walls
> on a traditionally tubed bike (1" TT, 1.125" ST and DT) would be a real
> whippy ride. Ever ride the old Columbus KL or Record tubesets?

I've never tried KL or Record, but I did ride Mike Appel's Ishiwata Alpha frame. For a light rider (I was about 130# at the time) it rode pretty nicely. IIRC, Mike rode the bike for about 3 years before it failed. It was fillet brazed, not lugged, FWIW.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA