Fred,
>From my experience many of the "lighter" road tubesets needed a slightly
heavier down tube to have a real long service life on the road. Really
light bikes and the tubes that make them technically are for special eve
nts and purposes kind of bikes. Not your daily rider and all around raci
ng/training bike. It's not unusual for me to use a slightely heavier dow
n tube than what came in a bike if I feel it will help.
Not sure the actual difference between KL and standard size EL, other th an I think there is some heat treating involved in the EL tubes. I also like bikes my size 50 to 52cm made from KL tubes, especially if the fram e is built for 650c wheels (I have such a bike, one of my favorites and it's 49cm c-t).
For some applications a KL frame with an SL down tube would be ideal.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
> tube set and would probably be around the same > weight limit under smooth road conditions. PL tubes > (the light track stuff) would be even lighter yet
> and for smooth track use.
So how does KL differ from the non-oversized version of EL?
The dimentions appear to be the same. In my experience, non-oversized EL was just wonderful for a small rider - I weigh less than 130 pounds. But it's "crashability" was somewhat limited, which is why I suspect my frame was repaired with an SL downtube. Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
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