Reynolds Steel Bike Frames

Before the introduction of more exotic materials such as aluminium titanium or composites.

Reynolds steel bike frames.

Now go to the most common quality cycletube steel which is 4130 cr mo this has almost identical properties as the old reynolds 531 and is what reynolds 525 and 520 is made of it s also almost certainly what any quality bike manufacturer uses for their own brand or generic cr mo tubing this gives a typical uts of 1110 mpa and a yield. The heat treatment gives high strength and damage resistance and the steel properties allow thin walls to be used so that lower weight but fatigue resistant structures can be made. The vast majority of steel bikes are made with reynolds or columbus tubing. The reynolds 853 tubeset offers a pleasingly comfortable and lively ride quality that is matched with a for the money decent build kit.

Ending today at 8 20pm bst 15h 10m click collect. It s an off the shelf bike with a frame made from reynolds 853 and an enve carbon fibre fork and tapered head tube. Moda reynolds 953 stainless steel frame 52cm. In the event of a frame failure steel bikes are far.

This tubing is made from a variety of different grades of steel but they can be divided into two camps hi tensile and. A long running product and used in many tour de france wins 531 was first used in the aeronautics industry from 1935. In its 110th year reynolds re launched a limited edition set of 531 tubes for brazed bike frame use. Reynolds has over the years developed a number of steel alloys most notably reynolds 531 which has a high strength and can be made into strong but lightweight tubes for bicycle frames.

Reynolds latest innovation 953 maraging stainless steel takes steel alloys into a new league. Reynolds specialises in innovative high performance metallic cycle frame tube sets producing some of the lightest strongest cycle tubing on the market. Tom donhou is one of the new wave of young framebuilders specialising in steel and his bikes have been well received with a particular focus on disc brakes that led to the development of the dss1 signature steel. Reynolds 531 manganese moly cold worked steel.

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