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Scooper

07-25-10, 01:29 PM

This question has a nasty habit of popping up every now and then, but no one seems to have a credible answer.

What's the difference between the mid-eighties Columbus SLX Cyclex chromoly tubes with the helical internal reinforcements and the early nineties tubes labeled "SLX NEW"?

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/k4drd/Bicycles/Tubing/ColumbusSLXNEWDecal.jpg

Silverbraze

07-25-10, 02:23 PM

just go here
http://www.columbustubi.com/eng/4_4_4.htm

It is thinner
and made with Nivacrom and niobium doped tubes
and no ribs for your pleasure

Scooper

07-25-10, 07:52 PM

Thanks, Dazza! Good info.