Sterling peters wrote (in part), I would like to hear from the frame builders/constructors on the list as to what they think of these ideas ( tubes brazed to the head tube; oversized tube sets). This best reason for not brazing the tubes inside the head tube is all the extra work , only Rene Herse and Alex Singer were willing to go the extra mile. Regarding oversized tubes I have a 1995 De Rosa Giro De Italia it has oversized tubes and is one of the best riding bikes in my collection. Would having builders like Baylis and Sachs build bikes with oversized tubes ruin the attempt to capture the past with this type of build? Any comments from others?
Reply: I am sure e-richie will jump in here in the not too distant future but.., Current model Richard Sachs frames use oversize tubing. I do not think there is an attempt here to "capture the past", but instead to simply build on it. Just a guess on my part. Oh by the way, absolutely no front-end shimmy even at plus 50 mph in the Tennessee Mountains. Cheers, Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)