on 12/4/02 10:10 AM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org at
classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
> Folks, you're re-inventing the wheel. Raleigh USA "Technium" had (have? are
> they still made?) gluing fins on the lugs, to maintain a constant gap,
> starting in about '83 I think. Lots of brands have been glued tube to lug
> with various glues through the decades. Usually not very interesting frames
> to me, but some folks like 'em. (I guess I wouldn't say no to an Exxon
> Graftek (sp?) if you offered me one though.)
>
> The requirement of extra rigidity in the joint seems to be a common thread,
> making the lugs rather bulky and heavy.
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle, Wa
> USA
>
Mark,
I'm really curious now. Do you know if the entire frame was glued?
Thanks,
Dennis Young