Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

How many of the "great" bikes that are discussed here are triple butted?

I think of my Schwinn High Sierra, triple butted CroMo, but it's still a tank. It seems to me most bikes that were high end back in the day were double butted.

I could totally be wrong, but I would imagine the best steel would be drawn to it's limits- it started out thin and got thinner, but the "lesser" steel needed to be thicker- thus had more thickness to step down from. Just a guess.