[CR]Oversize tubing - who did it? Gillott.

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From: Mark Stevens <mark@lentran.com>
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 19:47:57 +0100
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Subject: [CR]Oversize tubing - who did it? Gillott.

Hello Jan , I can't tell you the wall thickness of a Gillott's Tapered tube without resorting to a Hacksaw. That would ruin my summer! I do recall Harry Carrington telling me that they experimented with an ovalised Taper tube - running across the bracket - for extra stiffness. A frame was built. He wanted to patent this idea but it would have been very costly. Are you including oversize toptubes? Gillotts built their lugless L'Atlantique with 1 1/8th'' TT.
    Mark Stevens Evanton Scotland