Re: [CR] Frame stiffness NOW Frames Getting Soft and 753

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:50:42 +0200
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Frame stiffness NOW Frames Getting Soft and 753

WILLIAM HACKETT wrote:
> There must be a Reynolds Handbook that recommends working stress and
> factors of safety, for each tubing and method of assembly.

ROFL

This is the bikeindustry, and things don't work that way. Reynolds just makes the tubes, you figure out what works. They might give some recommandations based on the experiences of framebuilders -- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands