John
The topic of bilaminate construction took a thrashing on the CR list a couple of years back: http://search.bikelist.org/
Best wishes David Benson Ak NZ
John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net> wrote:
At 08:30 AM 8/22/06 -0500, Mark Stonich wrote:
>As a hobby framebuilder I would much rather have a BiLam due to the
>rare and interesting joinery.
That's a very good point. While "back in the day" they may have been a hybrid construction that may have cost less to execute than using imported Nervex lugs, they are certainly rare now and as far as I know, were only made by Claud Butler. I'm thinking that even fillet brazed frames would be more collectible today than one would have expected back when they were originally made. The cost of filing and sanding those joints to perfection would be prohibitive today.
John Betmanis Woodstock, ON Canada _______________________________________________
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