General Cycling Discussion - Reynolds 555 SL Tubing?

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Captain Crunch

12-12-01, 06:14 PM

Is anyone familiar with this 555 SL Tubing? I always hear about 535 tubing but I have this 555 SL on my Raleigh International bike and was wondering how good it was in comparison

Thanks

Mike

Felix C

12-14-01, 12:06 AM

I worked in a Raliegh shop for a few years when they came out with the 555 tubing during that time. There was nothing remarkable about it, just a decent grade of Chrom-moly tubing that actually varied from model to model. The upper level bikes were made fairly well. If you are happy with the bike, I'd say it's probably pretty good tubing.