Wayne Bingham wrote:
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> What's most curious about this frame is that it has several
> small holes in each of the three main tubes. The holes look something like
> bottle braze-ons, but smaller, maybe 2mm, non-threaded, with what appear to
> be a small reinforcing rings around each hole. The holes are on the sides
> on the down tube, bottom of the top tube, and front and back of the seat
> tube.
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> Any ideas as to what the little holes are all about? Were these really
> built by Moroni? Given Moroni's history, could the holes be some sort of
> weight saving/stiffening device (although I can't imagine any significant
> weight savings from a few 2mm holes)?
>
> Come to think of it, the holes may be sleeved-through the tubes (the frame
> was hanging up high and I didn't have a chance to actually fondle it).
> Anyone ever seen that detail?
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They are small tubes that pierce the larger tube and the theory is that they keep the tube wall the same distance apart (keep it from colapsing) when in a bending mode. A stiffer tube in other words...
A pure Moroniism...
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, Southern California