Re: [CR]Joinery methods & their descriptions/ was: Claud on eBay

(Example: Production Builders)

Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:30:44 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Joinery methods & their descriptions/ was: Claud on eBay
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At 07:23 PM 8/21/2006, John Betmanis wrote:
> When I bought my Claud in
>the fifties, I got the first one up the scale that had "lugs", the New
>Allrounder. Little did I know it was merely a decorated fillet brazed frame
>just like the entry level 531 bike, the Jubilee.

While BiLams may have been cheaper than lugged models when new, I wonder if they are worth more now.

As a hobby framebuilder I would much rather have a BiLam due to the rare and interesting joinery.

Does the rest of the market feel the same way?

Mark Stonich
Minneapolis Minnesota
http://bikesmithdesign.com
http://mnhpva.org