Re: [CR]Re: cookie cutter bikes

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From: <GPVB1@cs.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:00:00 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: cookie cutter bikes
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Greg Parker wrote:
> So, an Herse frameset and a mass-produced TIG-welded aluminum whatever are
> both lacking any artistry in your opinion?

To which Chuck Schmidt replied:
> We are talking about joining tubes artistically. You said a lug gives
> the opportunity to express artistry. You also said a TIG-welded joint
> doesn't. My point is that a smooth fillet hardly expresses much
> artistry. A masterpiece with a fillet? I could say the same of a TIG-weld.
>

(You could, but you'd be wrong in many folks' opinions).
> > This from the guy that calls the the newfangled TIG'ed wonderbikes
> works of
> > art?
>
> You putting words in my mouth, Greg? I never said such a thing...
> (Actually, you did...).


> > You can't have it both ways!! ;-)
>
> Recap on what you stated: Lugs=artistry TIG=sucks Fillet=masterpiece?
>
> (Now you are putting words in my mouth (again)!)
>
> Fillets are so boring...
> (Yeah, I see no one ever bids on those Herses on eBay - what pieces of crap
> they must be!)

Greg "my cow died, so..." Parker
A2 MI USA