Re: [CR]Re: cookie cutter bikes

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:58:48 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: cookie cutter bikes
References: <34.2aa043de.2a71e54e@cs.com>


Greg Parker wrote:
> (cut)
> How much artistry and expression of an individual's "style" can there be in a
> TIG-welded joint? (Yes, I know sometimes you can maybe tell who TIG'ed it, on
> rare occasions, knowing other details of the frame).
>
> How much artistry and expression of an individual's "style" can there be in a
> lugged joint? Almost an infinite amount!
>
> What about fillet-brazed masterpieces by Herse, Taylor, etc.?

Man, I was with ya 'til the lugless (fillet-brazed) comment! Not much "artistry and expression of an individual's style" there, in my opinion.

In the 70s I wanted a lugless frame just for the spartan look (remember when guys on the West Coast had the headbadges removed and the holes filled in an no makers decals after a repaint?). Hard to call that "artistry" though...

The artistic difference between TIG-welded or fillet-brazed? Yawn...

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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