>PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS. TOO MANY SLIDERULES, TOO FEW TRAINING RIDES.
I'd speculate that the TI Raleigh and Panasonic Raleigh teams from c. 1980 onward, did put a few training rides on those 753 tubes. But they may have been on plain-gauge 501 with 753R stickers for all we know.
> reply is in CAPS:
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> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:00:49 -0800 (PST) Fred Rafael
> Rednor
> <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > 753 was a MATERIAL, not a tube set.
> > Richard,
> > That part I understood - but I thought that 753
> was
> > a harder material than 531, thus allowing the
> thickness
> > of the tube walls to be made thinner and lighter.
> Is
> > that not the case?
> > IT WAS THE CASE
> > > The lightest, thinnest 531 was similar
> > > to its 753 counterpart.
> > But wouldn't you prefer to use the 753 tubing for
> larger
> > frames due to its superior strength of the
> material?
> >I THOUGHT THE CONCEPT OF HIGH-ER STRENGTH
> MATERIAL WAS MISPLACED. 531 WAS VERY STRONG;
> USING LESS OF IT TO REDUCE FRAME WEIGHT WAS
> NEVER AN ISSUE FOR ME. CHANGING THE COMPOSITION
> AND MAKING THE NEW MATERIAL LESS WILLING TO
> WITHSTAND ALL THE BENDING CYCLES TYPICAL
> TO RACE BIKE USE WAS A LIABILITY.
> > None of this is meant as a challenge - I'm trying
> to understand
> > the whole story and why Reynolds bothered to
> develop 753.
> >PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS. TOO MANY SLIDERULES,
> TOO FEW TRAINING RIDES.
> > So, to get back to the original question, what
> is 753R?
> >THE LIGHTEST TUBE MIX OF ALL THE AVAILABLE
> 753 PIPES WHEN SOLD AS A BOXED SET.
> > Best regards,
> > Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> >REGARDS TO ALL
> e-RICHIE at the breakfast table
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