On 06/19/2014 07:48 AM, Tim Gavin wrote:
http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2013/12/reynolds-tubing.htmlReynolds
531: Classic Tubes
<http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2013/12/reynolds-tubing.html>
I can't add much to this, except that my Riv Road is 753 with a 531
fork, and it's fabulous. :)
One thing to add is that with its "standard" (as opposed to today's
oversize) diameter tubing and its availability in extra thick ("Tourist"
grade), regular and ultra-thin wall thicknesses, it was easy for
builders to provide appropriate levels of stiffness that seem to have
worked extremely well for most riders and applications. This was, of
course, before the mania for ever-increasing stiffness took hold, and
before the widespread popularity of large-diameter aluminum tubing
conditioned buyers' eyes towards larger tubing diameters.
It's funny: I owned a Paramount for 20 years, then bought a Ti road bike
and shortly afterwards, the Paramount was stolen. I went from 1992 to
2002 basically without seeing a standard diameter tubing steel frame.
Then in 2002 I bought the Longstaff, std diam 531 "Designer Select"
tubing, and also a Riv Rambouillet. I still remember the feeling of
shock at how extremely small the tubing diameter of the Longstaff
seemed, both in comparison to the Ti bike and also the Rambouillet: like
looking at soda straws.
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