In a message dated 11/10/2004 9:50:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
<< Well, Dale, what about a fillet-brazed Jack Taylor, or any number of classic bikes? Much as I like lugs, I have to admit I find the ability to make one tube seem to merge seamlessly into another on a fillet-brazed frame pretty darned artistic as well. One of my biggest problems with many modern TIGed frames is that they seem to go out of their way to make the bead large and obvious. >>
Filet brazing is also a problem.. A naked Jack Taylor is not much different from a naked something else filet brazed, etc. I think that's why these frames are on the cusp of what some of us value the most. The absolute best filet brazed bike (opinions will vary here) like a Routens or a Ritchey or a Landshark, will not appeal to most connoisseurs like a 25th Anni Richard Sachs or a Peter Johnson or a filigreed Brian Baylis (just to pick a few!) This are tough discriminations we are trying to make here!!!
Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC