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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Great thread. And I know about British tool steel. Nothing better. American might have been as good, at one point in time. I learned about varying steel qualities in the late 70's. Back then, the Japanese made stuff well, but they didn't have the best steel available to them.