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> "I really liked the 753 tube set, but Eddy knew it was not a long lasting
> material." (Andy Hampsten)
Angel Garcia
> Verona, IT
As steel is generally considered essentially immune from fatigue within its elastic limit in real world conditions, I would be surprised to see a properly built and used (only deformations within its elastic limit) 753 frame last any less time than an equivalent 531 frame of thicker guage pipe.
Barring corrosion, crashes or other abuse and assuming the tubes ween't overheated during brazing, shouldn't a frame constructed of 753 or other light guage tubeset last virtually forever with no change in its physical properties?
Kurt Sperry
Bellingham WA
USA