453 tubing

[pigman]

If Jennifer Lopez is 753, then 453 is Carol Kirkwood, and we all know which one would be easier to live with.....

and to whom do liken titanium and carbon?

BTW who the fk is Carol Kirkwood? ... I don't get out much ..

 

[Spokesmann]

Weather woman on BreakFast BBC

 

[bertinjim]

453 was good stuff. My Reynolds brochure shows it as stronger than generic CRO-MO and equivalent in strength to 501 and about 10% weaker than 531. It was typically available as single butted main frame tubes only so it ended up teamed with who knows what in a lot of frames.