e-richie wrote, regarding the Ritchey frame,ebay # 3678189477:
"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."
to which Harris Spracher responded :
"Thank you! Been biting my lip since I first spotted this some time ago.My question is, why would you even bother?"
I spoke with Tom Ritchey about these frames when he
visited New Zealand last year. They are indeed made by
brazing a sleeve to the ends of the tube, then fillet
brazing, similar to a Claud Butler Bilaminate lug.
My understanding is that Tom used this method so that
he could use a 1-1/8" top tube.
The bottom bracket is lugless, to allow the seat tube
to be ovalised.
Instead of a chainstay bridge the frame has a 'park
bench' gusset made from formed sheetmetal, brazed to
the stays and the BB:
http://i17.ebayimg.com/
If this frame was 2cm smaller, I would be the owner already. If anyone on the list wants to part with one of these frames, around 60-62 centre-top, lets talk turkey.
David Benson Auckland, NZ
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