Re: [CR]Re: 73 Cuevas

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:32:41 -0600
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: 73 Cuevas
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From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>


gpit@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> I have heard the stories about frames breaking, but I can say for
> sure that I never saw one. My frame saw many thousands of miles. I
> was never the strength of rider that could tear frames apart. But I
> rode my frame across the US with 50 pounds of equipment hanging from
> it, crashed it on more than one occasion, and never had a moment's
> problem with it.

I'm not a Cuevas expert by any means, but the only stories I remember of his frames breaking concerned the 753 frames he brass brazed (Reynolds only approved silver for 753).

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