Re: [CR]re: riv lugs

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:47:16 -0800 (PST)
From: "Joe Starck" <josephbstarck@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]re: riv lugs
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <8601617.1142890988091.JavaMail.root@mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
cc: chasds@mindspring.com


--- chasds@mindspring.com wrote:


> As for the Riv lugs themselves, the main gripe I
> have with them is
> that the proportions of various curved tangs are not
> very
> pleasing, and the curves themselves have a number of
> knuckles in them (that is, the curves are not
> smooth, they
> have flat spots) that
> I find exceedingly displeasing. The total effect,
> for me, is that
> the lugs appear "sag" on the tubes, instead of
> looking more
> flighty, which is how I prefer fancy lugs to look,
> a-la Hurlow,
> Condor, Ephgrave and Carpenter, or even Nervex,
> among others.
>
> Finally, they do look like they were designed by
> committee, with
> obvious references to italian, french, and english
> styles tacked onto each other in what seems a
> dissonant, even
> ludicrous, way.

Charles, http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dephgrave%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dush1-mail%26b%3D1&w=325&h=464&imgurl=www.oldbicycle.co.uk%2Feph17.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oldbicycle.co.uk%2Fmarques%2Feph%2Feph17.htm&size=45.5kB&name=eph17.jpg&p=ephgrave&type=jpeg&no=20&tt=52&ei=UTF-8 Is this what rocks your world?: Lug designs that look like dead squids splatted on the pier? Joe Starck Madison, WI USA

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