Lightest, stiffest most rigid steel frame ever
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Chopper the ex Copper
Alpinestars Fan
You'll laugh, but for me it was...
The Raleigh Max Cromo frames.
Nice butted 4130 Cromo all round, neat welds, carefully designed stays gave a lovely stiff and communicative ride. Add a large frame size who's geometry suited me well and a thick lustrous powder coat finish and it should have been a winner.
Alas, by the time it came along Raleighs name was well in transit round the U bend and most buyers had defected to the sexier names of the time like Muddy Pox, Saracen etc.
Shame, but there you go. Great frames. Stiff as hell where it counted.
The Raleigh Max Cromo frames.
Nice butted 4130 Cromo all round, neat welds, carefully designed stays gave a lovely stiff and communicative ride. Add a large frame size who's geometry suited me well and a thick lustrous powder coat finish and it should have been a winner.
Alas, by the time it came along Raleighs name was well in transit round the U bend and most buyers had defected to the sexier names of the time like Muddy Pox, Saracen etc.
Shame, but there you go. Great frames. Stiff as hell where it counted.
rocky ridge
Old School Hero
me and my brother used to have about 8 raleigh max s as you could get them well cheap from bootsales
we used to use them for wheelie competitions everday after school
and used to jump them every opertunity
they were tough as nails
we used to use them for wheelie competitions everday after school
and used to jump them every opertunity
they were tough as nails
yeti-man":1682o8jy said:oh what an academic conclusion - what is your major?
Well, maybe he was agreeing with your selection of a Yeti Fro - stiff until the chainstay yoke cracks or snaps, rigid until the seat tube rusts through and light? Well two out of three isn't bad.
So other than being a complete arse as a major, what is your speciality?
pete_mcc":2h9cqcgz said:yeti-man":2h9cqcgz said:oh what an academic conclusion - what is your major?
Well, maybe he was agreeing with your selection of a Yeti Fro - stiff until the chainstay yoke cracks or snaps, rigid until the seat tube rusts through and light? Well two out of three isn't bad.
So other than being a complete arse as a major, what is your speciality?
Maby not (your kind of) humor
