I've seen a number of builders whose seatstay caps curve over the seat lug. What is subtly different about the caps on my Cuevas (can't say whether it's true for other Cuevas frames) is that the seatstay caps not only curve over the top tube, they also twist forward slightly. It is subtle and does not show clearly in the photos. It's so subtle that perhaps it's not there at all and I am imagining it. But the comment on my website is intended to reflect the twisting I perceive and have seen nowhere else.
http://www.wooljersey.com/
David
David G. White Burlington, VT
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> It is worth noting that Limongi and Cuevas were both building frames for Paris Sport at the same time. I suppose they might have influenced one another's styles. That said, fluted seatstay caps were very common, perhaps most associated with Italian frames, but produced by builders from many countries. Or in Cuevas' case a single builder from many countries, as he built frames on three different continents during his career.
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> Regards,
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> Jerry Moos
> Bid Spring, Texas, USA
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> --- On Wed, 9/30/09, Dmitry Yaitskov <dima@rogers.com> wrote:
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>> From: Dmitry Yaitskov <dima@rogers.com>
>> Subject: [CR] Fluted and semi-wrapping seat stays
>> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 4:17 PM
>> In yesterday's discussion of a Cuevas
>> bike David White pointed to his
>> wooljersey gallery, and there his comment drew my attention
>> to, quote:
>> "the very sweet fluted seat stay caps that twist over the
>> top tube."
>>
>> Here's a very nice looking frame with a similar (to my eye)
>> seatstays
>> treatment (not mine, no relation to seller etc):
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>> http://tinyurl.com/
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>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Dmitry Yaitskov,
>> Toronto, Canada.