Reynolds 725
This heat treated cro-moly tubing is precision butted and offered in a wide range of tube sizes for all styles of frames, and is our least expensive option. This material is ideal for TIG welding and brazing, with joining by lug or lugless construction. 725 is a material that allows thin gauge, tight tolerance tube, providing a great balance of weight and price savings.
This tubing rides like a classic, comfortable, light-weight steel frame. It is a bit heavier and less expensive than our Velospec material, but is just as durable and fun to work with. Although this is our lowest cost option, it is still a very high quality product. I realize that lot of mass-produced bikes have "cro-moly" stickers on them. These bikes are usually quite heavy and kind of give steel a bad reputations as being 'heavy'. Now, if you've read my frame materials article, you know this to be the case for the other materials as well.
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