This frame is not bi-laminated - it is lugged - the lugs do not appear in the 1951 catalogue but are virtually identical to the 'Continental' lugs featured in the 1949 catalogue. The rear ends are the correct type for a C-B path model until 1953 when they became reinforced. The 1949 catalogue describes it as the 'World Championship Path model no 24:'. The seatstay top attachment also does not fit in with the 1951 date - the catalogue is adamant that the wrapped over seatstay attachment is the only type used on the path models. I do not have a 1950 catalogue, I am not sure one was ever produced - though the '51 cat is very clear about the wrapped over seatstay tops being first introduced on the path models and introduced prior to '51.
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
> In a message dated 7/29/2003 11:09:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> otterwazoo@yahoo.com writes:
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> Claud Butler 54cm 1952 PathRacer NOS
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> I guess I still don't understand what bi-laminate lugs are because these look
> like normal lugs (albeit way cool semi-fancy normal!) I thought bi-laminate
> meant kind of "one lug on top of another.."
> Can someone instruct me, using this frame as an example, what bi-laminate is?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina