The tubing came with each tube individually wrapped and an exceptionally smooth surface inside and out. Just a few minutes of polishing and the metal developed a beautifully soft luster. The inside of the tubing is even smoooother with precise butt transitions.
Mmmm... A really nice tubeset.
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Looks like nice tubing. For your Stainless Report, could you include some thoughts on BB30 and whether you guys are considering offering it for future SSR/SSX frames?
XCr is seemless tubing, whereas 953 is annealed, similar to how 3/2.5 ti is seemless and 6/4 ti is a sheet then rolled and welded into a tube. Isn't that right? If so, then XCr seems the stronger option because of the grain incongruities that that welding brings to the tube? If it comes down to price, I'd pay a little more to have full integrity in the tube, especially since something like this is a lifetime purchase...John
John Don, You are an observant man... We'll see...
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