It is easier to simply build a new front section of the frame with fresh lugs then to re-use what is there. That is very different than saying you can't re-use the lugs. But for a shop bidding a job and considering the time involved, starting with fresh lugs is probably cost effective. To preserve the character of the frame, though, it may be prefered to re-use the lugs.
Mike Kone in Boulder CO
> I have been trading EMAILS with the seller(is his name
> really ANTHONY ENGLISH?) the 54+CM TT makes it to long for my daughter
> and not tall enough for me.
> He told me the HEADTUBE and LUGS would have to be
> replaced,when I asked how so, he said the "HETCHINS GUYS" told him they
> would.Does sweating the brazing out of the lugs weaken them?If that is
> the case would it not harm the SEAT LUG and BB also?
> INQUIRING MINDS want to know
> BOB FREITAS
> MILL VALLEY,CA where the weather was
> perfect today