Re: [CR]753 stiffness

Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:45:22 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]753 stiffness
References: <20060715210646.56AFD1486C@ws5-9.us4.outblaze.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060715210646.56AFD1486C@ws5-9.us4.outblaze.com>

Bill Talbot wrote:
> Since we are talking about the relative stiffness of 753, where does 753R f
> it in.

IIRC, the original 753 tubing was very light and officially intended for track and record attempts. 753R came out a little later with slightly thicker walls to be a more durable road tubing.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA