Vintage BMX rulz!; though I prefer to use the Vintage Redneck Wife Beaters list for my best smack-talking.
I think he built it with lugs and then did that Singer thing of using brass to build up the crotches. Early Jeff Lindsay Mountain Goat MTB's used a variant of this by using brass over tig on the crotches of some joints and Jeff & Tom were contemporaries. I have an early Mountain Goat "Whiskeytown Racer" that utilizes this technique to good effect while my MG "Deluxe" is fully fillet brazed. The idea behind it is that it is supposed to reduce stress risers, and it may, but having done it myself, I think it only serves to look cool on modern steels.
Cheers! Don Ferris Anvil Bikeworks, Inc. Littleton, Colorado Ph: 303.471.7533 / 303.919.9073 Fax: 413.556.6825 http://www.anvilbikes.com
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Richard M Sachs Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:05 PM To: kctommy@msn.com Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]eBay outig, 62cm Ritchey with faux lugs?!?
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
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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
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