>From: Norman Kilgariff <nkilgariff@yahoo.com>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Re: UK Welding History to bed
>Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:49:51 -0700 (PDT)
>
>To shelf the UK welding issue:
>
>It appears that welded frames in the UK started in 1934 with the welding of recumbents, which had to be lugless, as suitable lugs would be unavailable.
This is fascinating to me,but what's missing?The welding steel technology was not just invented.The frame builders had to have a working knowledge of it.How were steel wheels joined?
1934--On this side of the pond we built a hole bicycle factory on welded frames.Huffman went back in bicycle production in 1934 with their "aircrafted welded" frame bikes.O you say Balloon bikes with heavy water pipe frames,if you check the catalogs Huffman also offered several Light/weight models in Co-mo tubing(late 30s -36 is the oldest I've found).Does what we do have any barring on what happens "Over There"?
sam lingo pleasanton tx