Two times I have seen Internationals fail by pulling the top tube out of the the seat lug. The reason: unbrazed and held in merely by flux and paint! I love the bikes in their way but I think the production pressure was intense.
Joe
At 07:33 PM 11/9/00 EST, OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 11/9/2000 11:39:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,
moos@penn.com
>writes:
>
><< If the latter, are they usually free of the
> indifferent quality sometimes observed in other Raleigh models? >>
>
>I think they were all made at Carlton works, which particular facility, I
>couldn't say though.
>
>There certainly have been some rough Pros and Internationals.
>
>We refinished a Pro once that, upon removing the original factory paint, we
>found there had been a relatively large dent in the down tube that had been
>filled with brass and painted over!
>Internationals occasionally have the problem of yukky copper tacking (shared
>with GranSports, Competitions, and Super Courses) at the seat stay /seat lug
>"conjunction." These big blobby super heated copper deposits often lead to
>cracks and fissures in the seat stay caps and tubes...
>
>Dale Brown