Sig. Tommasini had a 'Techo Light' steel model that was made with a combination of tig welds and a seat tube lug.
Dennis Young
Hotaka, Japan
>
> There may be a few On Topic TIG welded bikes. Was the Teledyne Titan TIG
> welded? What about the original Klein road bikes? The Teledyne is certainly
> On Topic, and I'm pretty sure the original Kleins are as well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX
>
> goodrichbikes <goodrichbikes@netzero.net> wrote:
> Tony Rentschler posted-
>> Let me add one more note about TIG welding: I think it gets a bad rap
>> among classic and vintage bike fans because it's equated with the big,
>> obvious, and, indeed, often overpowering welds on today's ever-present
>> fat-tubed aluminum and titanium bikes. But welded bikes do not have to
>> embody such an industrial and mass-produced look. On steel, a TIG weld
>> can be made invisible, or nearly so, under the paint. Then, from my
>> perspective, what we have is a modern version of fillet brazing - the
>> weld is a tiny fillet. And just as with traditional fillet brazing, the
>> frame's lines can then be made very smooth, clean, and simple.
>
> I don't think tig gets a bad rap hear, it's just off topic as deemed by that
> big mean guy otherwise known and loved by all as Dale Brown.
>
> Sufficiently ugly yours,
> Curt Goodrich (who's built his fair share of off topic bikes but got bored
> with it and now builds on topic)
> Minneapolis, MN