Originally Posted by
Shortsocks
I was reading Sheldon Brown and he said this:
"Like stiffness, the specific gravity of a given metal is not significantly affected by the addition of different alloying elements. Although your bike may have a sticker saying "Lite Steel (TM)," in fact, all steel is equally heavy"
This is now very confusing to me. If "ALL" steel is equally heavy, then why is my frame so damned light?
Probably less steel in the frame -- i.e. thinner tubes.
Kaisei 022 is the direct descendant of Ishiwata 022, which was quite nice. It was standard chrome-moly, and the wall thickness and butting matched that of Columbus SL.