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Old 11-23-22, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by kommisar
I've got a old schwinn mountain bike with chrome-moly main tubes. I assume the stays and fork are hiten. Would getting a better frame with chrome-moly fork and stays make it ride significantly different? Would the cantilever brakes work better on chrome-moly stays?
No. All else equal, you might save a few grams and get a fancier tubing sticker, but that's about it.
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