333fab

Tubing choices

Here at 333fab, we work primarily with steel and titanium. As independent builders, we have the option to
 choose from a variety of the top tubing manufacturers. Here’s a little info on the materials we like to work with.

“le Ronde” – Round Steel Tubing: This is what you see traditionally on steel bicycles. We pick high strength, butted chromoly steel from Columbus, Dedacciai, Reynolds and True Temper. We see these frames for use in longer road riding endeavors as well as those looking for a more compliant, smooth road feel. Like all of our frames, the tubing choices are picked for each individual rider and based on your needs and desires for handling and responsiveness.

“Iso” – Shaped Steel Tubing: These tubes inspire us to be that much more creative in our build. We choose top level tube-sets from Columbus (Spirit and Life) and Dedacciai (Zero and Zero Replica). Shaped tubes with varied profiles 
allow us to build a stiffer and lighter frame without sacrificing strength and durability. Typically these tubes are very thin walled, butted and 
harder on tooling, and more challenging to weld. These tubes yield an ultra responsive and light steel frame with a finely tuned ride.


Titanium – Straight Gauge Tubing: Our non-butted 3/2.5 Ti tubes are a great way to build a frame set. Titanium is a wonderful material for this application.
 It yields a supple and quiet ride when compared to Aluminum, Steel and even Carbon fiber. Ti has the longest life of all bike building materials
 and is non corrosive, which makes it ideal for more wet environments such as the Pacific Northwest! When you choose Ti, it may out last you.

Titanium – Butted Tubing: We use oversize, butted 3/2.5 tubing to build a lighter and more responsive frame set while maintaining the smooth ride feel of Ti . If you demand high performance, Its hard to out shine this tubing choice.


Stainless Steel: For those of you who desire a lightweight frame with the “feel” of steel and the corrosion resistance close to that of Ti, we offer frames made with Columbus XCR. 
 

Carbon Fiber: We’ve had great success bonding carbon seat stays to our cyclocross bikes. It helps to dampen the ride while still being stiff, light and responsive. We will be offering carbon chain stay/seat stay and seat tube options on road bikes in the near future. Stay tuned.