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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: dwain dibbly on March 11, 2007, 03:00 PM

Title: reynolds or chromoly??
Post by: dwain dibbly on March 11, 2007, 03:00 PM

ive been doing some digging and it appears that my quad
is an early "reynolds style" frame. but the first ones were actually
made from  4130 chromoly.
how can i tell the difference?? ?? ??

Title: Re: reynolds or chromoly??
Post by: Waxintaxin on March 11, 2007, 03:47 PM

weight i guess

Title: Re: reynolds or chromoly??
Post by: zed4130 on March 11, 2007, 03:50 PM

reynolds must be lighter than cromo 'as why arnt more road racers made from cromo ? is cromoly stronger  than reynolds ?  :-\

Title: Re: reynolds or chromoly??
Post by: Waxintaxin on March 11, 2007, 04:04 PM

reynolds is specifficaly made for bikes , more spring appaerently stronger pound for pound that cro mo

Rich

Title: Re: reynolds or chromoly??
Post by: jT Racing on March 11, 2007, 05:16 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_531 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_531)
 ;)

Title: Re: reynolds or chromoly??
Post by: pkradman on March 11, 2007, 08:31 PM

the first quads had a looptail back ..  then came the fish tail end cromo quads if u compare the rear triangle from one of these  to  a reynolds quad .. u will find the cromo one  will have slightly smaller tubing, also as rich says there will be a diff in weight  ... lee