RE: [CR]What happens to ride quality in old frames?

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

From: "Mark Poore" <rauler47@hotmail.com>
To: mark@bulgier.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]What happens to ride quality in old frames?
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 22:00:03 -0400


> > I can't really determine objectively what
> > happens to an aging steel frame, does the ride characteristic
> > become softer and more noodle-like, or harsher and brittle?

Bike frames ride characteristics, like the sound from an aged guitar, mellow with age. Or is that my old legs that are becoming more mellow by the month? Hummmm never mind! More road tests are in order.

Mark, got a few degrees warmer here, Poore

W VA