Re: [CR]Raleigh Int'l- all tubes butted?

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

From: <DTSHIFTER@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:47:58 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Int'l- all tubes butted?
To: lists@PeterWhiteCycles.com, jb@velostuf.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


John Barron wrote:

Question-

Does a Raleigh International have all the tubes butted 531, or just the main tubes?

Thanks for your help.

And Peter White responded:

<< All tubes butted is a bit of a misnomer. The main triangle are butted. But

the seat stays and chainstays I believe are tapered. I don't know of any

butted seat stays or chainstays. >>

Wasn't there a bit of a "to do" about this many years ago? So much so that Reynolds changed their decals from..."Double Butted Tubes, Forks and Stays......" to a more precise....."Forks, Stays, and Double Butted Main Tubes"?

Cheers,

Chuck Brooks
Malta, NY