Re: [CR]Fillet brazing when did it start,who does it still?

(Example: Framebuilding)

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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 22:24:48 -0400
To: Brandon Ives <monkeylad@mac.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR]Fillet brazing when did it start,who does it still?


At 5:48 PM -0700 7/21/02, Brandon Ives wrote:
>Was there ever a real production fillet brazed frame?

Tom Ritchey's first 10 years of production featured fillet brazed road and mtbike frames. I've seen some pics of his early mtn bikes and they are truly beautifully finished.

Most of his frames have been TIG'ed since the early 90's. -Dan Borden in Brookline, MA