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Re: Is your frame tough enough for FIRST?

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Everyone is talking about aluminum and plexiglas, does anyone use an all steel frame other than us?
I believe both 269 and 1501 have used welded thinwalled (.035" sounds about right iirc?) chromoly tubing for frames before. \

The thing is, to get steel tubing to be light enough, it has to be very thin. This makes it a lot harder to work with in general.
 


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