various people wrote:
wonder if that is really a '73 with those short rear dropouts - didn't think those were generally available untill about '75? Seems like the lugs with windows were also a mid-late 70's stylin'thing.
Roman Stankus
Atlanta, Georgia USA
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> This 73 Cuevas is being sold by Mike Fraysee, so I suspect he
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the description says "hand-cut lugs." those are stock lugs often seen in the early 70s..who made them? Prugnat? Dubois? I forget now. I had a nice Chiorda Pro that had these lugs, from the early 70s. Nothing special about them, though. Certainly not fancy the way the lugs on some Cuevas frames could be.
I've also heard stories of Cuevas frames with sub-standard brazing, and that they could break.. but, then so did the occasional De Rosa of that time.
charles andrews
Los Angeles