John:
Hell yes you can still get tubulars. Gum wall a bit trickier but that can be done as well.
I see your quest for zero-void lugs continues... Watched some of the back and forthing on the frame list on that topic awhile back.
regards, Charlie Young
p.s. that Reynolds 531 tubeset and set of lugs/crown/BB that I filed up are still laying around...
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:57:43 -0700, John Clay <jmedclay@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "My "sunrise" service at the church of the big ring.
> http://www.flickr.com/
>
> Hope everyone had a chance to ride .
>
> peter weigle"
>
> Pretty bike!
>
> I was working on this: http://www.flickr.com/
>
> I'm still messy with brass, but good flow and penetration, and pretty
short
> time at temp. I am getting more exuberant with the torch and large flame.
>
> Old SL tubeset. It's interesting: 969 tre tubi, but quite thin wall
stays,
> around .7. I am intrigued by considering the thought process that led
some
> to have not all that thin-wall main (969), with seemingly quite thin
stays
> (.7 or a little less), vs those who were more "symmetrical", i.e. 858 tre
> tubi and .8 stays, 969 with .9, that sort of thing.
>
> The Kasei quad butted stuff is very interesting, some of it very thin. I
> must make a frame for my perfect circa 1982 SR groupset with some of
their
> thinner stuff, just to see... And with tubulars, just to experience it.
Can
> one even get them anymore?
>
> John Clay
> Tallahassee, Florida
> USA