Originally Posted by cavernmech
Butted just means the tube wall tapers to a thinner thickness in the center of the tube. Double butted....2 wall thicknesses...triple butted...3 wall thicknesses. True touring bikes will often use a tubeset that has thicker wall thickness regardless of whether it is double or triple.
so a triple butted tubeset will taper to a thinner wall diameter near the centre of the tube?
thanks for the use of the pump yesterday btw...