Re: [CR] Did any company ever make quadruple-butted tubing?

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From: "Brian Samson" <brsamson@telus.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:11:58 -0700
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Subject: Re: [CR] Did any company ever make quadruple-butted tubing?


I have an early 80s Bridgestone 700 frame made from CrMo 4130 Quadruple Butted Tubing. It is a nicely made frame, but not particularly light weight. It's a bit heavier than a Columbus SL frame.

Brian Samson Vancouver, BC, Canada

On 23-Aug-09, at 11:16 AM, Don Wilson wrote:
> I've heard of single, double, and triple butted tubing. Did any of
> the tubing companies ever try quadruple, even in testing?
> Don Wilson
> Bandon, OR USA
> D.C. Wilson dcwilson3@yahoo.com