Mick,
Was this the case, even for builders who used rather plain
looking lugs?
Also, I wonder if people aren't extrapolating based on more
modern situations. That is, today, it might be less expensive
to build a frame with plain looking lugs because investment
cast lugsets might not require as much cleanup as the older
lugsets which needed a fair amount of filing just to appear
mildly presentable.
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
>
> I have to disagree about the UK builders pricing of
> welded frames (fillet brazed)these were invariably
> cheaper than lugged or bi-laminated models:
> Claud Butler's cheapest frame set for many years was
> the Buccaneer (welded) their next frame up in the
> range(Cavalier) was lugged and was nearly a pound
> dearer. If you take one of their models in which they
> produced three separate versions welded (fillet
> brazed) lugged or bi-laminated the welded version was
> always the cheaper option in the Club or Sprint
> series.
> Higgins another famous builder of welded frames again
> the Ulralight (bronze welded) was cheaper than a
> lugged frame. In the Path model Fred produced two
> models lugged or welded, there was a whopping three
> pound more to pay for the lugged version of the Path.
> Stuart Purvis his welded frames were again a hell of a
> lot cheaper than his lugged frames. I am sure that in
> the 1952 the Holdsworth Laquelda was cheaper than most
> of their lugged frames think this also applied to
> A.S.Gillotts L'Atlantique as well. How about Hobbs of
> Barbican another prolific builder of welded frames all
> again a lot cheaper than their lugged versions. When
> looking in the various makers catalogues for their
> respective pricing policies on welded or lugged frames
> I compared like with like regarding tubing used and
> ends fitted etc.
> Please do not start another myth up that fillet brazed
> (welded) was dearer it most definitely wasn't when
> they were all making them.
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> Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your
> memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler
> Huntingdon UK.
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