753 was the flagship product of Reynolds for several years. It was a heat
treated version of 531 and according to what I've read, was 40% stronger. This
allowed thinner tube sets of equal carrying capacity. It seems to have been
phased out of production around 2001. 853 which is weldable replaced it in the
Reynolds line up.
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From: Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net>
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:51:34 AM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Winter Bike Project
On Feb 11, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Someone posted that the WI shop used heavy tubing and I was afraid
> that my Rivvie would feel more like a Batavius.
I remember seeing that and being a bit surprised. The original
Rivendell frames were built from Reynolds 753, which was one of the
lightest steel tubesets of its day.
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