Originally Posted by
unworthy1
Don't know if it's assumed you get extra stiffness with a tre-tubi frame: only thing you know for sure is they used something other than Columbus SL/SP for the stays and fork blades. Might be Falck, might be anything.
Nice Faggin in any case, enjoy it!
I'm about 90% sure on this bike that's the case. I have another that's
from about the same era by Faggin that's full Columbus. If I get
a chance soon I'll dig it out and tap the stays and do a side by
side test ride. I'm kinda curious myself.
Could a maker really save that much money at the time buying
butted stays from another manufacturer ? I know that Tretubi
frames were priced lower at retail. I've had pretty good luck with
the few I've owned in terms of stiffness, so I started to assume
that this was one of the reasons for their existence, quite
possibly in error.