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Originally Posted by dr_lha
Another major manufacturer of Stainless Tubing in the USA is KVA stainless. A lot of boutique US builders are using their tubing. Oh, and it's definitely not seamless:

Bicycle Frame Tubing | KVA STAINLESS?



Here's a bike made with said tubing:

Stainless Snob ? Ritte Cycles
A year or so ago, right after Reynolds introduced 921, I put together this chart comparing the five then currently available stainless tubesets using manufacturers' literature for standards, physical properties, and chemistry. I haven't updated it yet to reflect KVA's MS3 which replaces MS2.

I found it interesting that 953 is 1.5% - 1.8% titanium (by weight).

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