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Old 03-19-17 | 08:36 AM
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Seat tubes and steer tubes are single-butted because they need to hold a post or stem at one end. Fork blades are "taper gauge" (a form of single butting) so the wall thickness remains constant after the blade is tapered. Head tubes are plain gauge. So the only truly "double-butted" tubes in a double-butted tube set are the top tube and down tube.
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