Re: [CR]Japan versus Italy

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:19:03 +1300
From: "David Benson" <tech@worrall.co.nz>
To: OROBOYZ@aol.com
Cc: garrison@efn.org, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Japan versus Italy
References: <148.49a07d4.292480ae@aol.com>


Dale wrote:
> << The "Straight Talk on Steel" story in the same issue is great, too! >>
>
> That's not the issue where Dave Tesch makes up three similar dimension and
> tubed steel frames: one tigged, one filet brazed and one lugged? Then they
> destructo test them.. Guess which one failed first? And which one was BEST!!!
>
> Dale Brown
> _______________

That article was much later than 1982. I don't recall the frames being trested to destruction, but the fillet brazed lugless frame was stiffest. DB