Reynolds 853 Steel Bike Frames

Sometimes we ask ourselves the same question.

Reynolds 853 steel bike frames. 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. 853 is heat treated to give high strength and damage resistance and the steel properties allow thin walls to be used so that lower weight but fatigue resistant structures can be made. In the event of a frame failure steel bikes are far. 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.

It started reaching frame builders in 2005. Reynolds worked closely with carpenter speciality alloys to develop 953. It s an off the shelf bike with a frame made from reynolds 853 and an enve carbon fibre fork and tapered head tube. The reynolds 853 tubeset offers a pleasingly comfortable and lively ride quality that is matched with a for the money decent build kit.

Tom donhou is one of the new wave of young framebuilders specialising in steel and his bikes have been well received with a particular focus on disc brakes that led to the development of the dss1 signature steel. The benefits of air hardening steels are particularly noticeable in the weld area of reynolds 853 where unlike conventional steel alloys strength can actually increase after cooling in air immediately after welding. Why is niner building reynolds 853 steel bikes. 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.

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.