Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
Ideal thickness is in the eye of the builder. But 1mm is about what i would aim for. Andy.
+5 Andrew; I completely agree. This is a very common thickness and thus it is easy to find in less expensive CroMo straight gauge tubing from the suppliers in the suppliers forum. When I started messing with lug making, I just ordered the in stock length (seems they were 36" back then) of each of the sizes they carried from 0.875" up to 1.5". Nova (
http://www.cycle-frames.com/bicycle-...g/TUBES-STEEL/) still carries some non-butted tubes but I don't have a regular source for a full range of sizes as it has been a few years since I last bought stockage. A lot of times the nubbins off the ends of used up butted tubes (usually 0.9mm) fills the need...