Schwinn made different decals.
Actually I think the seat tube is actually a single butt also. So there are only two truly "double butted" tubes!
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Int'l- all tubes butted?
> John Barron wrote:
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> Question-
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> Does a Raleigh International have all the tubes butted 531, or just the
main
> tubes?
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> Thanks for your help.
>
> And Peter White responded:
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> << All tubes butted is a bit of a misnomer. The main triangle are butted.
But
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> the seat stays and chainstays I believe are tapered. I don't know of any
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> 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"?
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> Cheers,
>
> Chuck Brooks
> Malta, NY