Thread: Brompton top-tube thickness
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Old 08-20-18 | 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Abu Mahendra
A straight Hi-ten 1mm-thick wall pipe? That can't be right for the price and for its vaunted crafsmanship. Even my $250 Chinese-made FnHon Gust frameset is chrome-molybdenum steel and its main tube is butted. Something doesn't add up.
The expensive part is that main tube is hand brazed. AFAIK hi-ten lends itself better to brazing. Not sure about thickness.
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