Reynolds 653 tubing

peanut

well.............. all i can say is my 653 Ribble frame is superlight but the forks are the heaviest I have ever weighed ? :shock:
Ribble forks 728 gms
531 forks 652 gms
colnago chromed 691gms
Carbon 364gms

wheezing donkey

Of course, it would be possible for a bespoke frame builder to recreate a 'modern' ( if somewhat slightly heavier ) 'pseudo 653' frameset by employing the (recently introduced) 631 fork blades, 631 main frame; then rear stays in either 853 ( if still available ) or 725? Just a thought!!

softlad

peanut wrote:

Although to what advantage any frame builder would want to use an expensive tubeset then mix it with 531 tubes is beyond me.

as has already been pointed out a few times - the 653 tubeset used 531 fork blades....

peanut

softlad wrote:

peanut wrote:

Although to what advantage any frame builder would want to use an expensive tubeset then mix it with 531 tubes is beyond me.

as has already been pointed out a few times - the 653 tubeset used 531 fork blades....

blimey mate this thread was dead 12 months ago. You need to get out a bit more lol

softlad

peanut wrote:

softlad wrote:

peanut wrote:

Although to what advantage any frame builder would want to use an expensive tubeset then mix it with 531 tubes is beyond me.

as has already been pointed out a few times - the 653 tubeset used 531 fork blades....

blimey mate this thread was dead 12 months ago. You need to get out a bit more lol

if you notice, the 'donkey' fella resurrected it - not me. It was at the top of the page when I saw it. The point was worth making anyway, because it doesn't sound like you've properly understood what's been written...

GaryGkn

Not entirely as I am going to get a 753 Bob Jackson frame at the weekend.

GaryGkn

I meant to post a pic of the frame several years ago.

Does anyone have any thoughts on 953?

stickman

I started a 953 thread, somewhere.

drlodge

Sirius631 wrote:

653 did replace 531Pro. The stays in the 653 tubeset were carried over from 753, as these were a thick enough guage not to need silver soldering, unlike the rest of the 753 tubeset, which was paper thin.

Yes and no, old thread I know but just be doing some research into this as I havea 531 Pro frame. Stays in a 653 frame are 725, which has similar characteristics to 753 (hence no need to silver solder). 653 replaced 531 pro which did have 753 stays - its what I have.

Essentially, the 531 and 653 frames are a "concept" frame, there is no 653 tubing as such, it is a mix of other tubing.

531SL - Lightweight 531 main frames and rear stays. The rear stays are "stiff" and hence I assume are larger diameter than standard 531

531Pro - superseded 531SL, consists of 531 lightweight main tubes, initially 753T rear stays, then moved to 753R rear stays which are more robust (road vs track).

653 - superseded 531 pro, consists of 531 lightweight main tubes, 725 rear stays (725 is CrMo and similar in characteristics to 753)

The lightweight 531 main tubes are double butted, with 0.1mm thinner gauge all round than standard