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manet
03-03-2006, 09:00 PM
the seller claims the frame for sale was built with lugs and then fillet brazed over. really?

http://cgi.ebay.com/50cm-PELOTON-keirin-track-frame-fork_W0QQitemZ7223002903QQcategoryZ98084QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem
saab2000
03-03-2006, 09:03 PM
'Tis wierd. The fork has a normal lug-style fork crown. I am not a builder (though I would like to be, and play one on TV [an HD LCD TV at that]) but I can see no evidence there there are lugs under any of that paint and/or filler.

Seems like an interesting frame though.
Fixed
03-03-2006, 09:06 PM
bro why only one foto ?
saab2000
03-03-2006, 09:08 PM
Mr. Fixed,

Click on the link.

PS, I just flew with a brother captain the other day. I have known him for a couple years. He lives in Palm Beach, Florida and is one of the funnest guys I have even flown with. Not a dull moment. And one of the top 5 best pilots I have ever flown with. Normally I think I am better than the captains I fly with, but not with him. He's is solid. Sorry for the digression.
Fixed
03-03-2006, 09:11 PM
oh bro thanks the guy has a good rating cheers :beer:
saab2000
03-03-2006, 09:17 PM
oh bro thanks the guy has a good rating cheers :beer:

More than good. He is excellent in all regards. The best. I aspire to fly and lead as well as he does.
Fixed
03-03-2006, 09:27 PM
bro it sound like you bro's made good team mates . my wife flys to new york next month for a one day museum trip .I hope she has bros like you in charge of the plane. cheers :beer:
saab2000
03-03-2006, 09:51 PM
Who's she flying with? I used to fly to New York all the time, both La Guardia and JFK and Newark and White Plains. But now only La Guardia. The bar at the hotel in La Guardia is solid!!!!
Fixed
03-03-2006, 10:17 PM
bro continental . la guardia thanks for the info cheers :beer:
stevep
03-04-2006, 06:56 AM
thats a crackpot idea...ask e-ritchie.... why not put lugs over the filet braze also? make it extra strong
David Kirk
03-04-2006, 08:47 AM
Many Years ago the good folks at Jamis made a mountain bike that was TIG welded and then fillet brazed over the TIG. They literally claimed it was the best of both worlds.

I suppose that if it's hooked together with two methods then it's bound to be twice as stong and therefore twice as good. Call you Jamis dealer today.......don't delay!

Dave
pdonk
03-04-2006, 07:26 PM
thats a crackpot idea...ask e-ritchie.... why not put lugs over the filet braze also? make it extra strong

From this link and pictures, it appears that tom ritchey did this on some of his bikes

http://bobbrowncycles.blogspot.com/
yeehawfactor
03-04-2006, 08:04 PM
From this link and pictures, it appears that tom ritchey did this on some of his bikes

http://bobbrowncycles.blogspot.com/
so it's basically just externally butted