Originally Posted by
Silverbraze
if you are asking the question
you are not ready
I ask, what value is there is using tubes .5/.38/.5 in your frame?
100 to 150 grams !!!!!!!!!
use .75 or .8 walls
and have some crash resistance
long life
and also it will cope with your skills
Harsh maybe be
but the best path
and I have never used .5/.38/.5 tubes in the main triangle as it serves no useful purpose
Oh come now, TIG guys have had their way with killer thin tubes for years. Not my cup of tea either but that's not to say that you can't build a decent frame from the stuff. Old school ELOS and similar had .4mm center butts, and the metal used wasn't as hard as modern alloys so those frames dented really easily yet lots of people loved them.
