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Old 08-22-10 | 10:11 AM
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Grim, mang-alloy is manganese molybdenum carbon steel, which is what Reynolds 531 is made of. As far as I know, it's functionally equivalent to chro-moly. It's about the same strength, so you can make it thin walled for lightness. I don't know if Tsunoda (the maker of Lotus) made it thin-walled, though.
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