Originally Posted by
verktyg
here's some "straight skinny" from back in 2014 by BF member Scooper about Columbus Tenax tubing, Look at message # 9:
So Tenax and Cromor basically same tubing... would have never guessed. I happen to have a 1985 Tempo with Tenax and a 198? Olmo with Cromor. My completely unscientific butt-dyno (high-precision street rod instrument) tells me the Olmo is a much livelier, even twitchy bike. Also a pound lighter than the Tempo with similar dimensions. I know geometry and components play a lot into this but the bikes just feel so different. Clearly, tubing isn't everything. Thanks for the great info.