Thanks Reed. I'm in the same boat--I rarely frame saver my frames, and now I'll happily transition from "rarely" to "never."
Eric On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Reed Kennedy <r...@notfine.com> wrote: > We had a conversation about a month back about Frame Saver and similar > products, and how important they are. I ended up cutting up a frame for an > unrelated project this week, so I can offer a little bit of insight. Or at > least some photos! > https://photos.app.goo.gl/LbF8eMQdD5c51dVv5 > > This is a 1987 Centurion Ironman Expert made from Tange No. 1, aka SAE > 4130. Almost all steel bikes are made from 4130 or something *very* similar > these days, so this tubeset is nicely representative. > > The bike was never treated with framesaver or anything else, and was > ridden on and off for 30 years. I believe it spent the whole time in > California. Most recently it was ridden around San Francisco, so fairly > humid, moderate temperatures, some salt in the air. > > I've been feeling bad about not Frame Saver-ing my Velo Routier for a year > and a half. I'm gonna stop feeling bad now. > > > Best, > Reed > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
