Anyone Aching for an 853 build?
02-19-08, 10:18 PM
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Anyone Aching for an 853 build?
Check this out!
The frame looks pretty awesome. I already have a project and I'm broke so I won't be touching anything anytime in the near future.
The frame looks pretty awesome. I already have a project and I'm broke so I won't be touching anything anytime in the near future.
02-19-08, 10:35 PM
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I'm not a big fan of oversized tubing. I do know where to find a near-mint 853 Bob Jackson for a really good price, but I don't think it qualifies as C & V. 
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02-19-08, 10:52 PM
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Haha, I'm sure mine doesn't either, except it was marked waterford 
The tubes aren't all that big. My cannondale's tubes are ginormous!
The tubes aren't all that big. My cannondale's tubes are ginormous!
02-20-08, 08:46 AM
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If it's your size and a great price, then I would test it out. It's a good marque and nice tubing. Who knows, you might really like it. At least, it's steel and will be C&V elligible before you know it.
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Too bad the paint is so messed up to have rust set in.
I guess I don't see the desirability of 853 tubing. As I understand it, it's real benefit is for builders, not the end user (air hardening).
My modern steel wish list is more for a frameset made from the new stainless steel tubeset(s) now available.
Cannondale: I just got a 3.8 series frame, yup, fat tubes....I couldn't fit my portable stand over the downtube.
I guess I don't see the desirability of 853 tubing. As I understand it, it's real benefit is for builders, not the end user (air hardening).
My modern steel wish list is more for a frameset made from the new stainless steel tubeset(s) now available.
Cannondale: I just got a 3.8 series frame, yup, fat tubes....I couldn't fit my portable stand over the downtube.
02-20-08, 08:51 AM
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I just can't get excited over any tig welded frame, no matter who built it or what kind of tubing was used.
02-20-08, 03:20 PM
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I don't like the "look" either. However, my bianchi tsx w/oversized, ovalized downtube, although a heavier bike, just "feels" faster than my thinner tubed, lighter, peugeot psv.
