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Old 03-06-15 | 06:26 PM
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Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder

UO-8 hi-ten? I doubt it. I know the love here for UO-8s runs very deep, but my experience with my 1967 UO-8 suggests the frame was closer to mild steel. Every time I laid that bike down, even in otherwise completely inconsequential spills, it rode differently afterwards. I gave up trying to keep it aligned and just accepted it as a slinky. Maybe Peugeot changed the tubing later, but what I had was not hi-yield steel by any means.

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