Re: [CR] Need frame repair advice...

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From: "Phil Brown" <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:25:05 -0800
To: classic rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Need frame repair advice...


On Jan 19, 2009, at 12:07 PM, brianbaylis@juno.com wrote:
> Derrick,
>
> If it were me, I'd leave it alone but keep an eye on it. It is only one
> of the seams where the lug is welded. It's probably like that since the
> day the frame was made. If you plan to do a re plate and repaint; then
> d
> uring that process (after the old chrome is stripped and before the lug
> is re-polished and re-plated) someone can fix the seam with brass. The
> w
> ay it is now though, it's not likely to fail. It will just annoy you
> whe
> never you look at it.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
>
>

I agree with Brian. It's just in the lug and would bug the bejeezes out of me but It's not a failure item. Phil Brown Bugged just looking at it in Berkeley. Calif.