In a message dated 7/17/01 9:04:12 PM W. Europe Daylight Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
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Hi Duane,
Just to let you know, Durifort tubing was the first tube set made by the
French company, Atelier Dela Vie (I think that's how it's spelt.) This tube
set was the predecessor to all the Vitus tube sets. It was made in the
beginning of the 20th century and was produced thru the 60's. It is basically
a high carbon alloy steel, seamed and double butted. It was used in a lot of
low-end sports racing bikes. It was considered light weight for it's time and
was thought of as a decent tube set. I built some cheap bikes out of it in
the 70's when I was a novice builder, and to tell you the truth, they rode
pretty well. Hope this helps.
Anthony Mezzatesta
Master Framebuilder