Re: [CR] Lightweight bikes and numbers made NOW British Wire Gauge

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 10:58:05 EST
Subject: Re: [CR] Lightweight bikes and numbers made NOW British Wire Gauge
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 12/2/05 11:29:10 PM, Mark@bulgier.net writes:
>By contrast, Columbus SL has all three main tubes the same thicknesses:
>9/6/9. And SP is also the same all 'round the triangle, it being
>10/7/10. Though some builders put an SP DT in an otherwise SL frame, or
>SP DT and chainstays, still the most common scenario was to stick with
>the sets as ordained by the tube manufacturers.
>
>Mark "don't even get me started on rear triangles" Bulgier
>Seattle WA USA

I'm real fond of the SP downtube, SL everything else dodge if I can ever find them again. And come on, let's get into rear triangles. I wanna, I wanna, I wanna. Phil Brown Whining in San Rafael, Calif.