Originally Posted by
jonwvara
The good thing about gas pipe that seldom gets mentioned is that it's less prone to denting than lighter, classier, thin-walled tubing. (I admit that that's a purely empirical observation on my part.) That should count for something, shouldn't it? I always thought that bike manufacturers should have talked up their low-end stuff as "77% more dent-resistant that Reynolds 531," or whatever.
As I recall, that was one of Schwinn's primary sales points for their Chicago-forged frames. In fact, I could have done a testimonial for them. "I rear-ended a city bus at 20 mph and didn't bend a thing!" In fact, I was happy I didn't damage the bus. And another lesson learned the semi-hard way early in my riding career: when motorpacing, don't get distracted.