Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Fillets are so boring...
Referring to just the joining technique as a canvas for expressing
artistry, which is what we are discussing.
To which Greg Parker replied:
> (Yeah, I see no one ever bids on those Herses on eBay - what pieces of crap
> they must be!)
Not the point. The discussion here is not bikes made with fillets, but the fillets themselves, which in comparison to lugs don't offer much of a canvas to display artistry.
I do have an appreciation of fillet constructed bikes. I have a titanium Gary Helrich road bike (Gary was one of the founders of Merlin) that I ordered in 1989 that has polished TIGs. Striking bike!
I also have a Slim Chance MAVIC Neutral Support bike, one of 11 made for the Tour du Trump. Columbus TSX, very small, beautiful TIG-welds; a road bike built with a Chris Chance mountain bike sensibility. Very light steel fork with a sheet metal fork crown cut by water jet and then folded. And of course painted a neon yellow green for MAVIC.
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
Chuck:
1) It's exactly the point, but I'll defer to Brian's comments on the artistry of fillets. 'Nough said.
2) It's Gary Helfrich with an "f".
3) It's Tour de Trump (also Tour de France...).
Enjoy!
Greg Parker A2 MI USA
where my cow's still dead....