Re: [CR]Question about Columbus Cromor tubing.

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:42:07 -0700
From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Question about Columbus Cromor tubing.
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Howdy folks.

Cromor was seamed, but drawn over a mandrel and butted so the seam was pretty much worked away. It is very comparable to SP in butt profiles and about the same weight. It was a lower line steel that probably made bikes just as good as (and indestinguishable from) SP.

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:25:32 EST, bikerdaver@aol.com <bikerdaver@aol.com> wrote:
> Can some one tell me what the heck Columbus Cromor tubing is? I am uncertain
> of this is within the CR time line, but I went to the Columbus web site and
> they no longer --as far as I can see--have any info on it. Was it seamed tubing?
> Was it dubble butted? How much thicker than SL was it? Any help would be most
> apprecaited.
> cheers-
> Dave Anderson
> Cut Bank MT