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  1. What does Columbus SLX alloy mean? Is it steel or aluminum?

  2. Callistus Valerius said:

    What does Columbus SLX alloy mean? Is it steel or
    aluminum?

    Steel, Columbus called it "Cyclex" on
    columbustubi.comindex.htm, some ideas on
    torelli.commatdesn.html

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    MfG/Best regards helmut springer

  3. In <[email hidden]> Helmut Springer ha scritto:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    What does Columbus SLX alloy mean? Is it steel or
    aluminum?

    Quoted message said:

    Steel, Columbus called it "Cyclex" on
    columbustubi.comindex.htm, some ideas
    on torelli.commatdesn.html

    see also: web.tiscali.itneo slx.jpg , from
    '98 catalogue.

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    30x26 diegoglio<CHIOCCIOLA>yahoo<PUNTO>it

  4. Callistus Valerius said:

    What does Columbus SLX alloy mean? Is it steel or
    aluminum?


    It's steel with some fancy internal reinforcing ribs,
    which have dubious technical benefits. It's a pretty good
    tubeset though.

  5. "Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Callistus Valerius said:

    What does Columbus SLX alloy mean? Is it steel or
    aluminum?


    It's steel with some fancy internal reinforcing ribs,
    which have dubious technical benefits. It's a pretty good
    tubeset though.

    My SL and SLX bikes rode completely differently. I had one
    SL Battaglin and an SLX Concorde at the same time, then
    added another SLX Battaglin along the way. SL rode much
    softer than either of the SLX bikes.

    Before y'all go start flaming me, I had the same wheelsets
    migrating between all the bikes so there wasn't the "you're
    riding different tires, dummy" thing going on.

    M

  6. In article <ymcrc.47916$pJ1.35300@lakeread02>,
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    "Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message news:40ad0c68.0@entanet...

    Quoted message said:
    Callistus Valerius said:

    What does Columbus SLX alloy mean? Is it steel or
    aluminum?


    It's steel with some fancy internal reinforcing ribs,
    which have dubious technical benefits. It's a pretty good
    tubeset though.


    My SL and SLX bikes rode completely differently. I had one
    SL Battaglin and


    an

    Quoted message said:

    SLX Concorde at the same time, then added another SLX
    Battaglin along the way. SL rode much softer than either of
    the SLX bikes. Before y'all go start flaming me, I had the
    same wheelsets migrating between


    all

    Quoted message said:

    the bikes so there wasn't the "you're riding different
    tires, dummy" thing


    going

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    on.

    Different frame geometry will acount for a different feel.
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    Alex

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