<...why would custom builders labor so much on customizing tube sets for the specific user?...>
there's no labor involved-no pun intended. you find a supplier that you trust, and then you pick through their offerings. they design and make the pipes, you (frame maker) decide whether to use it or not.
e-RICHIE chester, ct
On Thu, 30 May 2002 10:17:47 -0400 "Rich Rose"
<rrose@normandassociates.com> writes:
> O.K., I buy into this theory (below), to a point. But, if it were
> entirely true, why would custom builders labor so much on
> customizing
> tube sets for the specific user? Certainly tubing wall thickness,
> length
> of butts etc.., do have an effect on ride quality? Quality of build
> is
> huge, no doubt. But, you can't start with junk can you?
> Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)