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    G'day all,

    It's that time again when I am looking at acquiring a new bike (When do you
    ever stop looking ?). This one will be a single speed MTB with a Chromoly
    frame if I can.

    In my poking around online I keep reading "double-butted-chromoly" but no
    website actually tells you what this magical thing is.

    What is it ?

    Is it the next best thing since sliced bread or is it just something that
    manufacturers spin out there so the uninformed say "Wow it's got that double
    butted thing happening !"

    Thanks for reading.
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    Tony
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  2. Theo Bekkers
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    G'day all,

    Quoted message said:

    In my poking around online I keep reading "double-butted-chromoly"
    but no website actually tells you what this magical thing is.

    What is it ?

    Is it the next best thing since sliced bread or is it just something
    that manufacturers spin out there so the uninformed say "Wow it's got
    that double butted thing happening !"

    It means that the tubes have a thicker wall at the butt where they are
    joined, than in the middle. The added thickness is on the inside of the
    tube.

    Theo

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  3. SomeGuy
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    Basically butting refers to the process of varying the thickness of the tube walls. In bicycle frames, it allows manufactors to cut weight by making the tubes thinner in the middle, and thicker at the ends where they take more stress.

    Have a look at http://www.columbustubi.com/eng/1.htm for a better idea of what butted tubes look like on the inside.

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  4. Bleve
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    Quoted message said:

    <((((º> wrote:
    G'day all,

    It's that time again when I am looking at acquiring a new bike (When do you
    ever stop looking ?). This one will be a single speed MTB with a Chromoly
    frame if I can.

    In my poking around online I keep reading "double-butted-chromoly" but no
    website actually tells you what this magical thing is.

    What is it ?

    It has very little to do with Goatse.

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  5. gplama
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    Bleve said:


    It has very little to do with Goatse.

    lol!!!!!!

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  6. Nick Payne
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    The reynolds web site has a good description:
    http://www.reynoldscycles.co.uk/buttedtubing.html

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  7. Boostland
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    "><((((º>" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    G'day all,

    It's that time again when I am looking at acquiring a new bike (When do
    you ever stop looking ?). This one will be a single speed MTB with a
    Chromoly frame if I can.

    In my poking around online I keep reading "double-butted-chromoly" but no
    website actually tells you what this magical thing is.

    What is it ?

    Is it the next best thing since sliced bread or is it just something that
    manufacturers spin out there so the uninformed say "Wow it's got that
    double butted thing happening !"

    Thanks for reading.
    --

    Tony
    --
    [email hidden]
    Remove the .fish after .com to reply
    --= This is a fish anti-spam device =--

    I always thought that being double butted was kind of like having a double
    chin.

    < http://www.potedebosta.blogger.com.br/fat%20ass.jpg >

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  8. gplama
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    *snip*

    wowwa - NSFW warning peoples....

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