Thread: What Tubing?
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Old 08-15-09 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by noglider
It's ambiguous English on the sticker. It says "Guaranteed made with Reynolds 531 butted tubes, forks, and stays."

The butted is a modifier to tubes but not forks and stays. Oh, hilarystone says it modifies the forks, too.
I get this, sort of, but that goes back to why I was screaming. What gauarantee do I have that my forks and stays are butted, tapered or just cheap old straight gauge?

I'm going to send Reynolds an e-mail and see what they "officially say about all of this. If and when I get a response I will post it here.
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