Re: [CR] Sekai 4000 info...thanks - Tange Tubing

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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:00:23 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR] Sekai 4000 info...thanks - Tange Tubing


On 01/16/2011 10:08 PM, james black wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 13:20, verktyg <verktyg@aol.com> wrote:
>> Here's the differences right from the 1981 Tange Tubing Catalog:
>
> Interesting data, and I don't doubt the integrity of your information,
> but it contradicts what I've heard from some other sources, that the
> #1 used .8/.5/.8 and the #2 used .9/.6/.9 for both top and seat
> tubes*. I find these figures plausible, since #2 bikes don't seem
> particularly flexy; and my #1-labeled Centurion Semi Pro doesn't have
> a crazy-thin top tube that I can deflect with a pinch between thumb
> and forefinger.

I have a scan of an early 80's Tange catalog here: http//www.os2.dhs.org/~john/catalogs/tange-catalog.pdf

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