Originally Posted by
IAmSam
Uhhhh...520 is 4130 - just Reynolds' proprietary name for theirs
And - look around OP, there are plenty of quite nice sw8 phiksies out there in your budget. Apparently we are close but not quite there yet - hopefully one of these days this sub-forum will finally get over Kilos
Yeah I agree, for the most part cromoly is cromoly.
BUT, 520 is double butted, tapered, etc. The same goes for the fork.
At that price, you wouldn't expect anything more than straight gauge.