Re: [CR]Bottle cage bosses

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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:45:25 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Bottle cage bosses
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greenjersey@ntlworld.com wrote:
> Can a frame builder out there help me with a question that has bugged
> me for years. I have a nice red and chrome lugged Pinarello. The down
> tube is drilled and threaded for a bottle cage but there are no
> external bosses. It is clear from the depth of threads that there
> must be bosses inside the tube. How the hell do they do that? I
> feel it is rather pointless as although it looks neat on the bare
> frame when you mount a cage it is hidden.

It probably started out as a regular boss with a shoulder, and was filed down flush with the tube after it was brazed into place.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA