Anybody know the details on Columbus Tenax tubing, the type that was used in the Schwinn Tempo circa ~1986?

Thanks!

Anybody know the details on Columbus Tenax tubing, the type that was used in the Schwinn Tempo circa ~1986?

Thanks!

It was a fairly heavy straight gauge if I remember right. A buddy of mine had a Tempo and I was underwhelmed with the frame for the most part. A decent bike for thrashing about, but nothing special really.

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Anybody know the details on Columbus Tenax tubing, the type that was used in the Schwinn Tempo circa ~1986?

Thanks!


I have had 8 of them that I buy, repaint, ride a while and sell. I usually can buy the frame/fork for $35 - $50, they all needed repainting/powdercoating. I build them as fixies and think they are way under-rated.

Straight tubing but nice lugs and OK weight, 6.5lbs frame fork and hs. But they ride great.

I have had 8 of them that I buy, repaint, ride a while and sell. I usually can buy the frame/fork for $35 - $50, they all needed repainting/powdercoating. I build them as fixies and think they are way under-rated.

Straight tubing but nice lugs and OK weight, 6.5lbs frame fork and hs. But they ride great.

Other groups have suggested that Columbus had problems with their initial run of Tenax tubing, so they just used SL tubing with costmetic blemishes for the first year. Can anybody confirm or deny that rumor?

My understanding is that Tenax was entirely rolled, seamed, and welded straight gauge CrMo steel tubing. A step down from Cromor in the Columbus line in the mid 80s.