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Old 10-23-23, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ungaro
Well, I'm no metallurgist, but Xcr is cold-drawn from a billet, instead of rolled and joined along a seam. Have I done a side-by-side ride comparison? No. Wil the properties of the two be different? Probably so. Buy and ride what you like.
Ok, so no actual info on how seamless would be better than seamed.

Here is a chart with numbers, what is a 'worse' number that exists due to the seam?
...or is the seam basically invisible once the tubing has been butted and there is no downside?

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