On Friday, August 01, 2003, at 08:13AM, <Philcycles@aol.com> wrote:
>In a message dated 8/1/03 8:12:19 AM, SoundSourceCDs writes:
>
>>Can anyone tell me why builders like Tesch and Landshark seemed to go from
>>fully lugged to fillet brazed with their frames. Or did they?
>>
>Because they wanted to?
Phil's on right track, but there are a few other factors. I've heard quite a few builders talk about how bored they became of building on a particular style. It's a change of pace. Some of the other factors are that if you cut out the price of good lugs you cut the price of your materials by 30%-40%. Also the flexibility of design is a real bonus in my book. For a long time I thought lugs really were the way to go, but then I got Bill Philbrook frame on loan and changed my mind.
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