Re: [CR]re: eisentraut frames

From: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>
To: <WTrikerider@cs.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <64.18d4cceb.29756dc2@cs.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]re: eisentraut frames
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:01:22 -0500

Back in the 1980s, Mike Melton recommended replacing a steel frameset every two or three years, depending on mileage. "They just get worn out after awhile." LOL

Aldo Ross "If I'd followed Mike's rule, I'd have had 12 Melton framesets by now!" Monroe, Ohio

----- Original Message -----
From: WTrikerider@cs.com
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 6:34 AM
Subject: [CR]re: eisentraut frames

> You can add Colin Laing to your short list. He told me that steel frames got
> "tired" and should be retired for optimal performance. Hence my '72 Mercian
> was past it's prime and I deserved a new frame.
>
> Paul Patzkowsky, Longmont, Colorado