Frame Weight

[malcolmw]

Which would be Heavier A 21" Reynold 500 Cromo Frame of a 21.5 Reynolds 532c Frame :?:

 

[monty dog]

Assuming you mean Reynolds 531c? At a guess, the 531c because at least the three main frame tubes would be butted whereas 500 - chro-mo is typically plain gauge. But there were lots of 531c frames made with plain-gauge chro-mo chainstays & seatstays so it could be very marginal.

 

[Midlife]

The 531c frame will be lighter because something would have broken and fallen off !

Just joking

Shaun

 

[biggs682]

normally 531c tips over 2kg , std 531 are normally around the 3kg mark .

the lightest i have seen is 531 sl at 1.8 kg ish .

normal gas pipe is anywhere from 4 kg upwards .

 

[mattsccm]

Montydog. Did you mean the opposite.? The butting makes things lighter. Grammatical error?
500 is pretty hefty.

 

[otherself]

Reynolds 531c typical frame weight 56cm (c-t) 2020g

Reynolds 500 typical frame weight 56cm (c-t) 2430g

 

[Qubit]

Given the headset and bottom bracket are frequently heavier there will likely be around a 0.5kg difference, but obviously there will be variation. 500 is actually OK for a runabout.