Re: [CR]]RE: Mojo? and modernist lugs

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

From: "goodrichbikes" <goodrichbikes@netzero.net>
To: <Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca>, "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
Cc: <davebohm@cox.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20021015.172258.-184819.8.richardsachs@juno.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]]RE: Mojo? and modernist lugs
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:19:16 -0500

C'mon, we all like lugs. Some like 'em big and frilly while others like 'em bikini-esque. I think a group hug is in order. Mmm, don't you just feel warm and fuzzy.

Curt Goodrich Minneapolis, MN ----- Origin al Message ----- From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com> To: <Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca> Cc: <davebohm@cox.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [CR]]RE: Mojo? and modernist lugs


> this thread is starting to sound like FM radio.*
> insert smiley faces.
> e-RICHIE
> Richard Sachs Cycles
> No.9, North Main Street
> Chester, CT 06412 USA
> http://www.richardsachs.com
> Tel. 860.526.2059
>
> *with apologies to woody allen's "annie hall"
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:44:22 -0400 Grant McLean
> <Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca> writes:
> > I wrote: "I like minimal, super clean, pared down, "less is more"
> > designs. I
> > also wrote: "for me, the fact that the basic structure of the tube
> > and lug
> > joint is exposed, is key.
> >
> > >To which Dave bohm wrote in part :As I see it the ultimate end to
> > this
> > thought is no lugs at all, which is where we have ended up today.
> > The fact
> > that you like lugs means that to some extent you like adornment.
> > Otherwise
> > you would be a big fan of Fillet brazing or TIG welding, and I don't
> > think
> > you are.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > No, I disagree. Even in strict Bauhaus "big M" Modernism, (BTW, to
> > which I
> > do not adhere) there is no goal to eliminate structure. On the
> > contrary,
> > exposed structure celebrates the method of construction, and
> > concealing the
> > method of construction is an UN-modern idea.
> >
> > Check out:
> > http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Case_Study_House_21.html
> >
> > Pierre Koenig designed steel frame houses. He didn't hide the fact
> > that his
> > houses were not wood, on the contrary, the steel frame is left
> > exposed so
> > you can see how it's built. Covering everything with sheetrock and
> > painting
> > it all white might be more 'minimal' to the interior, but that
> > doesn't make
> > it more modern.
> >
> > I think that lugs, as a method of tube joining, are a great example
> > of
> > modern construction. They celebrate the form and serve a function.
> > It's
> > efficient, clean and aesthetically pleasing, all of which are
> > consistent
> > with the best of modern principles.
> >
> > Grant McLean
> > Toronto, Canada
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
>
>

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