Re: [CR]seat post size = seat tube gauge ?

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:01:25 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]seat post size = seat tube gauge ?
References: <655392.9929.qm@web50503.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <655392.9929.qm@web50503.mail.yahoo.com>


Emanuel Lowi wrote:
> Is there some simple way to determine from seat post size
> (26.8, 27.0, 27.2, etc.) what gauge of classic standard
> diameter butted tubing (531, SL, etc.) was used for a
> bike's seat tube?

Not reliably, as it was a fairly common practice to braze a sleeve into the top of the seat tube (for heat control during manufacture).

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