what is this???
07-08-08 | 02:29 PM
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what is this???
Good Afternoon,
So I have been fixin up my fathers old road bike and one of the decal stickers on the tubing says "K.C.L speical light seamless tubing," just curious if someone out there knows what KCL stands for. I have been trying to get pictures up, but for some reason the download keeps failing. Any info would be great.
thanx
So I have been fixin up my fathers old road bike and one of the decal stickers on the tubing says "K.C.L speical light seamless tubing," just curious if someone out there knows what KCL stands for. I have been trying to get pictures up, but for some reason the download keeps failing. Any info would be great.
thanx
07-13-08 | 08:25 AM
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What components are on the bike? Can you find a serial number?
Do you have a photo hosting account with Photobucket or any of the other sites?
East Hill
Do you have a photo hosting account with Photobucket or any of the other sites?
East Hill
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03-31-10 | 11:15 AM
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Good Afternoon,
So I have been fixin up my fathers old road bike and one of the decal stickers on the tubing says "K.C.L speical light seamless tubing," just curious if someone out there knows what KCL stands for. I have been trying to get pictures up, but for some reason the download keeps failing. Any info would be great.
thanx
So I have been fixin up my fathers old road bike and one of the decal stickers on the tubing says "K.C.L speical light seamless tubing," just curious if someone out there knows what KCL stands for. I have been trying to get pictures up, but for some reason the download keeps failing. Any info would be great.
thanx
03-31-10 | 11:38 AM
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Can you post a pic of the decal?
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03-31-10 | 01:05 PM
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Decals here...
I have run across several Apollo bicycles. Here is a pic or two of the decals with KCL on them. Hope this is a help. Other than that, I know nothing about the tubing.
Apollo_Spt10_48_Blue_Decal_Tubing_1.jpg ApolloSport_FF_DecalTubing.jpg
Apollo_Spt10_48_Blue_Decal_Tubing_1.jpg ApolloSport_FF_DecalTubing.jpg
03-31-10 | 02:20 PM
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Hi-Ten tubing. 'nuff said
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03-31-10 | 02:22 PM
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03-31-10 | 07:11 PM
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I would go with Hi-ten, i.e. carbon steel. If there was anymore to it surely it would be advertised on the decal.
I chuckled at a saddle advertisement in the latest Nashbar flyer featuring "Fe-C alloy" rails, i.e. iron-carbon, i.e. carbon steel.
It was a cheap saddle, obviously.
I chuckled at a saddle advertisement in the latest Nashbar flyer featuring "Fe-C alloy" rails, i.e. iron-carbon, i.e. carbon steel.
It was a cheap saddle, obviously.
03-31-10 | 07:46 PM
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Hi-ten is typically SAE/AISI 10xx plain carbon steel, not chromium-molybdenum which is 41xx (the xx in the last two digits indicate the carbon content in hundredths of a percent). The "ten" in "Hi-ten" is a play on words; High tensile and high ten (as in higher carbon content AISI 10xx.
Alloying of Steels.
Alloying of Steels.
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