gpvb1@comcast.net wrote:
>> I have and an over-riding curiousity as how the bicycle industry
>> fits in the milleau of engineering and manufacturing. Example:
>> aircraft alloys being used in the bicycle industry.
> SB: Actually, it's the other way 'round...I understand the immortal
> Spitfire's airframe was made of Reynolds 531...
> GP: As well as the "bonnet" of the E-Type Jag.... FWIW, current
> S-type Jags are built (partly) in part of the old Spitfire factory.
According to my Columbus tubing catalog (http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/catalogs/Columbus-tubes.pdf -- caution: 5.3MB download), Columbus started out in the early 20th century producing "special steel tubes for aeronautical and motor-car purposes" before diversifying into tubing for bicycle frames.
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA