verktyg wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> What I wanted to find out, what is "Columbus SL Competition" tubing if
> there ever was such a thing, or was it catalog hype?
>
> I have a 1984 Gitane Team Pro (replica) frame. The 1984 Gitane catalog
> lists the tubing as "Columbus SL Competition".
>
> http://www.gitaneusa.com/
>
> The Columbus KL thread goes back to specs published on the Desperado
> Cycles website:
>
> http://desperadocycles.com/
>
> Scroll down to table 4
>
> There are 2 different listings for "Columbus SL" tubing. The top one is
> probably a typo and should be "Columbus KL". Note, there are several
> other "typos" in that table.
>
> Brian Baylis suggested that the lighter weight specs were actually those
> for KL tubing. That's where things got off track.
>
> I have several same size Columbus SL frames. The Gitane frame "feels"
> much lighter and the tubes visible in the BB are thinner and appear to
> be silver brazed. It's more like a Reynolds 753 frame.
>
> It would be nice to know what kind of tubing the 84 Gitane Team Pro
> frame was made of.
If you order enough tubes from Columbus they will happily provide a custom decal. They wil also draw tubing to spec, if the standard offerings are not enough. No telling which tubes Gitane picked -- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands