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Conference noted::bicycle

Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

1491.0. "< 753 FRAMES IN LARGER SIZES >" by AYOV24::RGELVIN () Mon Apr 09 1990 13:32

  Hi,    
     I have the chance of a Reynolds 753 road frame at a very good price
    but have no experience of this tubing having always riden 531 road
    bikes. I understand it has far greater tensile strength than 531
    tubing but that there are questions about it's stiffness when used
    in larger frames. The frame I have my eye on is 64cm and I wonder
    if anyone out there owns a "larger" i.e 60-64cm, 753 frame and what
    their opinions are about its suitability for these larger frame
    sizes.
    I asked the shop concerned who replied that they had sold many frames
    in this size and had never had a complaint but then nobody in the shop
    was over 6ft so they had no personal experience of riding one.
    
                 Thanks for your help,
                                      Richard
    
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1491.1JUMBLY::MACFADYENPure ignoranceMon Apr 09 1990 17:308
    I thought the only question about its stiffness was, is it too stiff?
    I've heard of cyclists replacing 753 forks with 531 ones to get a more
    compliant ride. But it may be that modern aluminium frames have
    introduced new levels of stiffness and that 753 is less stiff than
    those (that's a pure guess).
    
    
    Rod