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At rest stops I sometimes stand next to the bike (not straddling it) lean it over a little bit, and "sit" on the top tube. But that's on normal bikes, not the hyper-light stuff some folks ride today.
Can most cyclists still do that with the "new" steel tubes, or do you have to be a tiny 135 lb climber to even dare? Personally, I think if you can't sit on the TT, then the tubes are just too thin. |
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My steel Ritchey was leaning against a pole and the bike fell over and put a small dent in the top tube. IMO, the tubing is already too thin to resist denting.
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I love custom steel and Ti because of the human process - of designing and making. I transferred from carbon to steel when carbon bikes were at their lightest about 10 years ago.. I quickly discovered weight has little bearing compared to fit and feel. Steel bikes will continue to improve in their customisation - the ability to be fine tuned to the individual. I am awaiting delivery of my second Baum 12 years after my first. The process of design and fabrication to suit my specific body dynamics has developed noticeably in the interim. The ability to tune the frame components and create custom shapes through 3D printing can only continue. There is plenty of life ahead yet for steel.
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I have never built with one of the stainless tubes, but my bikes I have made from Columbus spirit with .45mm center section seem to resist denting pretty well. I don't think most of us are going to do anything to a top tube by sitting on it either. I'm not sure that can be said for carbon.
Denting/buckling are affected by strength, so a higher strength tube should be able to resist better. It's not a linear elastic process. I think a lot of the vintage 531 bikes were made with .8/.6/.8 tubes or English unit equivalent. They had lots of choices you could order though. |
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https://www.steelmanrugs.com/about
He's selling rugs now. I bet it's way more lucrative and less stressful. I had one of his stage race bikes when I was living in the bay area - it was a nice bike. |
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I'm just thinking of a future where steel bikes get the reputation for dented tubes like cannondales circa the caad8/9.
Classic proportions, light weight, dent prone. |
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With that said, I thought Reynolds stopped making 953 tubes? |
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