Hi Stevan:
What exactly are "soft joints?" What do you think yields when you cold set a lugged steel frame? It's not the joints, it's the tubing (it's bending, or worse, buckling in some cases).
Joints on a lugged steel frame do not move after a frame is built, unless they pull apart due to improper brazing. That's a failure.
You are correct in saying that stiffer frames are stiffer....
Cheers,
Greg Parker A2 MI USA
Stevan T. wrote:
> I repeat my experience with an alignment table that correlates with my
> riding
> experience. A frame with minimal yield strength on the table, has soft
> joints
> and doesn't feel as stiff or as lively as a frame with a lot of yield
>
> strength on the table.
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA