there is no way he carved lug-ish edges from a pile of fillet braze - and that's what i read from the text. he made have done that lamination-situation. that's my guess. flame me on the vintage bmx list. e-RICHIE chester, ct
On Wed, 19 May 2004 17:46:44 +0000 "Thomas R. Adams, Jr."
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> Seen on ebay, this Ritchey bike. Aside from being an excellent
> looking, on topic bike by a prominent Amercian Builder, the seller
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> fillet brazed, then filed to look like it has lugs. Has anyone any
> background, reasoning or history of this style of tube joinery? I
> can't really tell from the pics how this work was accomplished.
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> Tom Adams, curious in Shrewsbury NJ