--- "C. Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com> wrote:
> As for Riv lugs... I have a 2000 Riv custom, with
> the new
> lugs, and I wish I had had it made with the Sachs
> lugs,
> which were still available at that time. I've
> mentioned
> this before, I know, but the Sachs lugs are clearly
> the work
> of a pro with an artistic eye, the proportions are
> just
> right, and I will NEVER understand why Grant went
> away from
> those. They were perfect..different from anything
> else out
> there even now, and made a great statement for the
> bikes.
>
> Instead, he decided to roll-his-own, the result
> shows it:
> they're ill-proportioned; a chorus of italian,
> french and
> english lug styles that isn't the least bit
> harmonious.
> They're thick and clunky..all wrong.
Charles, The "Sachs" lugs you speak of were -- according to Richard Sachs as he explained to me -- the result of Sachs' taste worked over by Hank Folson. And then there's Grant Petersen's input and possibly others input that only Petersen would know of, unless he's forgotten some. I like the newer "butterfly" lugs better than the older "woody woodpecker" lugs, and I think I could reverse your attitude better than anyone else if I had you in my presence with the two designs. The new is less a hodgepodge than the old. And you're bringing in the Match crew with your critique, ya know. Need I bring along my cuz Phillipe for back-up? 180-ly yours, Joe Starck Madison, WI USA
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