It s an off the shelf bike with a frame made from reynolds 853 and an enve carbon fibre fork and tapered head tube.
Reynolds 853 steel bike frames.
953 is based on a specially developed maraging steel stainless steel alloy that can achieve a tensile strength in excess of 2000 mpa 853 is around 1400 mpa giving a good strength to weight ratio.
Reynolds specialises in innovative high performance metallic cycle frame tube sets producing some of the lightest strongest cycle tubing on the market.
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.
It started reaching frame builders in 2005.
Favourite quote reynolds 631 with shimano 105 and a wider tire option for a person with a 1 000 to 1200 limit and who wants more of a real century bike in steel note as 853 in composition but tube strength results from the extensive cold working of the seamless billet without a final heat treatment.
The reynolds 853 tubeset offers a pleasingly comfortable and lively ride quality that is matched with a for the money decent build kit.
Why is niner building reynolds 853 steel bikes.
In the event of a frame failure steel bikes are far.
Reynolds worked closely with carpenter speciality alloys to develop 953.
But all we have to do is take one for a short spin and we re quickly reminded that there s truth to the saying steel is real steel is like the o g.
Genesis volare 853 kit and specifications my test bike s reynolds 853 is the highest spec steel frame on test 853 being a seamless air hardened steel that is both high in strength and resistant.
Hailing from fort collins colorado the frame is based around tig welded reynolds 853 tubing and takes advantage of a tapered steel headtube and thru axles at both ends.
Sometimes we ask ourselves the same question.