waterford 2006 your american dream bike your dreams and aspirations for that perfect bike waterford offers you compelling individualized designa for the road paths streets and trails these designs reflect decades of service to almost every kind of rider from entry-level fitness buffs to world-level competitors it s about you you
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waterford technology waterford uses the best bike building material around alloys the alloys heat-treated air-hardening steels featuring true temper ox platinum and reynolds 853 air-hardening steels introduced only in the past decade in the bicycle business offer double the strength of regular chromoly both lug-brazing and tig-welding friendly no other tube offers the combination of strength durability and toughness of our air-hardening alloys designs the designs based on our three families of designs waterford has created a custom palette of tube options that fit your individual needs while optimizing the performance within each family craftsmanship waterford has achieved unmatched mastery of the craftsmanship both lug brazing and tig welding it s not just the material it s how it s built fit our alloys make it easy to put good fit first the fit result you get the right combination for you be it fast the result acceleration easy climbing ride comfort secure load handling or confident
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22-series lug-brazed virtuosity before the advent of air-hardening tubes the only way to extract the best performance from the best steels was lug brazing no one matched then or matches today the virtuosity and technical achievements of waterford s lug-brazing air-hardening steels represent an advance for lug-brazed technology thanks to its increased base strength as a result waterford s lug frames continue to get lighter while retaining the same durability you ve enjoyed since waterford s founding the classic os tube design pioneered by waterford co-founder marc muller offers an excellent combination of smoothness and performance lug styling options have blossomed thanks to the development of several new lug designs waterford can also fabricate individual custom lugsets for special needs including our individually-commissioned handcarved lug projects you can choose either 1 and 1 1/8 compatible head tubes letting you can have our classic look with today s technology treat yourself t
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waterford design competition designs si ze theo w heel seattube c top seattube t c c o horzont top i al top tube t c c o head lengt h head a ngl e for r ake k tr l ai seata ngl e fr c ent ont er c lengt s h w heel base dr op st andover 500 700 440 420 515 497 112 50 56 576 405 971 70 736 520 700 460 440 530 514 112 43 58 576 405 971 70 747 530 700 470 450 540 526 112 43 58 582 405 977 70 751 540 700 480 460 550 537 117 43 55 581 405 976 70 757 550 700 490 470 555 542 125 43 55 581 405 976 70 765 560 700 500 480 560 547 134 43 55 581 405 976 70 774 our competition frame designs reflect decades outfitting local national and international competitors though waterford includes made-to-measure fit with every waterford and can customize handling these geometries provide a solid sample of our design thinking they assume 33-series technology 570 700 510 490 565 552 144 43 55 586 405 981 70 783 580 700 520 500 570 556 153 43 55 586 410 986 70 791 590 700 5
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we serve our enthusiast riders with the same passion we do our competition riders made to measure fit and a wide range of options let us offer you a design that meets your precise riding needs though the geometries below present a solid sample of our design thinking they assume 22 or 14-series frame technology the road sport series adapts our legendary road race design for added comfort and easy steering these geometries provide a classic fit for a classic rider with horizontal top tubes fr e si am ze w heel seat t ube c to c hor.top tube a ctualtop tube head lengt h head a ngl e fork r ake tr l ai seat a ngl e fr ont c enter c /s lengt h w heel base d rop st andover f ram e si ze w heel s eat tube c to c h o r.t o p t ub e a ctualto p t ub e h ead leng th h ead a ng lefo rk r ake t rai l s eat a ng l e f ro nt c enter c /s leng th w heel -base d ro p s tand o ver 480 650 466 500 500 116 72 40 59 75 555 410 961 45 730 500 700 486 515 509 98 72 50 61 75 579 420 987 75 755 520 700 506
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waterford options details the not so little details braking systems many brake choices have opened up as the range of riding applications expand gone is the simple world of road race brakes and canty s consider the following options · short reach caliper brakes these are still the mainstays of the competition road world they allow for up to some 28c tires but no fenders · · long reach calipers these brakes can fit up to 28c tires with fenders and 32c 1 1/4 tires without canty brakes once found only on mountain bikes these brakes also appear on the growing number of cyclocross bikes as well as on commuter and touring bikes disc brakes an increasing number of disc brakes are appearing on bikes destined for pavement use especially commuter and touring bikes for 2006 waterford is introducing one of the first chainstay mounted disc brake systems these brakes eliminate rim heating and provide excellent wet weather braking eccentric bottom bracket the eccentric bottom bracket shell lets us
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waterford styling no one buys a fine bike just for the paint job the quality of waterford s finishes match the quality of the frame underneath our finishes in fact start with the quality of our metal finishing and follow through to the buffing of the clearcoat every waterford gets special handling including phosphatizing surface preparation tough polyurethane primer show-car base and top coats waterford offers hundreds of color choices using ppg top quality concept paint systems your choice of over a dozen decal color combinations extra-hard polyurethane clearcoat over decal hand-buffing before shipment special effects make your waterford a unique statement about yourself waterford offers an astounding array of classic and unique special effects some special effects like waterford s harlequin and luminescence series must be seen to be believed here s a sampling of other special effects fades fades waterford offers a wide variety of fades with two and three or more colors flades flades
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