Thread: Curved top tube
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Old 09-10-10, 12:04 PM
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actually, now that I think of it, it could be that the tube was shipped with that curve from the factory. Steel tubes are not perfectly straight, it's just a fact. It also is possible that it moved that much because of the cable guide braze ons. When you heat a tube on just one side, that side becomes shorter. This can be used to the builder's advantage, that's called "witch wanding."
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