RE: [CR]Was 753, now is stiffness desirable?

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Subject: RE: [CR]Was 753, now is stiffness desirable?
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:53:08 -0700
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
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Re: <<... Making that six national sprint championships in a row on a frame I built, for anyone keeping score.>>

Dale asked:
> Were those lugged bikes or ?

All lugless fillet brazed (a.k.a. bronze welded), mostly due to the large diameters, but also to some degree due to unusual angles, and in some cases non-round tube shapes. Lugs that would've fit don't exist, and making them is too time-consuming.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA