Arthur Caygill

[Neilios]

653 - Was a mixed tubeset with a 531pro main triangle. Stays used 753r and fork blades were borrowed from the 531c tube set.

Every day's a school day! Never knew that.

Backed up here: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vint ... 653-a.html

Nice one.

 

[sinnerman]

653 - Was a mixed tubeset with a 531pro main triangle. Stays used 753r and fork blades were borrowed from the 531c tube set.

And this is the All Terrain tubeset too, not feeling the paint choice though.

 

[Neilios]

That's what mine is made from sinnerman. Do you know what the differences were?

 

[sinnerman]

That's what mine is made from sinnerman. Do you know what the differences were?

Im certainly no frame builder or expert. Whats already been mentioned refers to tubing from the road bike ranges from Reynolds, and utilising tubes from other parts of the Reynolds ranges, Enabling frame builders to come close to achieving the benefits of Reynolds 753 without the cost.

Obviously Mountain bikes can take a considerable amount more punishment than a road bike, hence the development of MTB/ATB specific tubes for frame builders. Stays, Wishbones, Fork Tubes etc.

The difference between 653 road and 653 AT is the tube size dimensions, both use Manganese (Mn Mo) instead of Chromium (Cro Mo), which is used on the Lower tubes sets.

Im sure there is a lot more to it that just this, and id love to learn more myself.

 

[ferrus]

653 - Was a mixed tubeset with a 531pro main triangle. Stays used 753r and fork blades were borrowed from the 531c tube set.

Every day's a school day! Never knew that.

Backed up here: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vint ... 653-a.html

Nice one.

That's pretty much the definition I've heard before; that it's a 'concept tubeset' using those tube/steel-types. But here's a strange contradiction; check out the Dynatech 2070 frame spec's (on the Endeavour and Odyssey): '3 main tubes Reynolds 653, rear triangle 531'. This implies that 653's a specific tubing.
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/1 ... eigh91.pdf
Raleigh claimed this BITD when I enquired about their Dyna-Max forks, and I've heard it elsewhere as well..? :?

 

[ferrus]

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