Re: [CR]Nagasawa: Question for the frame builders

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To: OROBOYZ@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Nagasawa: Question for the frame builders
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:38:04 -0400

the 'socket' for the seatstay floats and the 'socket' for the chainstay is fixed. easy peasy japaneasy. e-RICHIEsan chester prefecture

On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:19:40 EDT OROBOYZ@aol.com writes:
> Dave Perry's bike is a good illustration of the plug-in dropouts...
>
> http://www.bikecult.com/works/collections/nagaDPdo.JPG
>
> So, my question is, how does the builder change the seat stay angle
> to
> accommodate the different sizes? FWIW I noticed this bike is a 55 cm
> and all
> 4 frames at the show were 55 cm.... All having that same angle! Do
> you think
> he has different dropouts for each size? (Hard to believe...) Or is
> the top
> "socket" brazed in place .... Inquiring minds want to know....
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, NC