Stelbel near Milan was specialized in making TIG welded frames in
70s ,too.
Takao Noda
Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Pinnicle of the vintage lightweight era?
> At 10:56 PM 3/24/2001 -0800, Mark A. Perkins wrote:
> As far as tig-welded cro-mo goes, credit should
> >go the the BMX industry just prior to the birth of the MTB
industry.
> >Even Pino Moroni beat the MTB guys to the fancy
aluminum/titanium
> >quick-releases.
>
> Actually, Mark, I saw a steel TIG welded "Zotz" road frame in
1977 at a
> race in South Bend, Indiana, held at Bendix Woods Park (the old
Studebaker
> testing ground). The builder told me that it was as stronger
than brazing.
> Of course, that was first steel TIG welded road frame I saw,
and the last
> I saw until 1988 or so.
>
> I think what BMX and then mountain bikes and aluminum and
titanium did was
> make TIG acceptable.
>
> Regards,
>
> John "Pining For A PY-10" Taglia
>
> Chicago, 20 degrees, windy, and getting colder
>
> "Road to Hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs."
> Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises