> My decal indicates tru-wel tubing was made by Ti, or part
> of the Ti group. It's history before that I do not know.
> I know of 3 different grades/types of tru-wel tubing;
> (probably lower end) 205 I have on my frames, 201 used on
> the Carlton Ten and (higher grade?) 40
> Wel offered as a built to order option on the Carlton
> professional.
> I presume there produced more than these.
> Here's a couple of links to a Cartlon 1970 catalog;
> http://bulgier.net/
> I have a Cobra which has a 205 decal
> http://bulgier.net/
> You can see from the fuzzy text the pro has a choice of
> tubing, I
> have seen a price list from the time and the 40 Wel option
> was more
> expensive than the 531 although that doesn't mean it was
> necessarily
> better but it was probably more comparable. I believe that
> other
> manufacturers that used tru-wel tubing included Raleigh and
> Dawes
> although which grade and for which end of their line I do not
> know.
>
> There were the teams; Carlton-Truwel (although I think in
> full this
> was Carlton-Truwel-Campagnolo) and Sun-Truwel
> (Sun-Huret-Truwel). I
> presume that Tru-Wel was quite strongly linked to the Worksop
> factory but I know little more that that.
Julius, Between your messages, related to Tru-Wel, and John Thompson's quesions about Falck tubing, my curiosity about these "lesser known" tubesets was truly piqued. Actually, I knew about Falck because we actually often saw it on the Italian bikes imported into New York City when I was much younger.
But let's get back to Tru-Wel... really I'd never heard of the stuff before, but then I'm no expert on Carlton or Raleigh bicycles. But after a little research and deep thought, here's my theory about the Tru_Wel grades: 40 Wel: Tru-Wel's name for their 4130 Chrome-Moly tubes 205: tubing from type 2050 mild steel 201: tubing from the type 2010 grade of steel? Does such such a grade exist?
What puzzles me is why TI offered Reynolds and Tru-Wel tubing simultaneously? Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
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