At 10:56 PM 3/24/2001 -0800, Mark A. Perkins wrote:
As far as tig-welded cro-mo goes, credit should
>go the the BMX industry just prior to the birth of the MTB industry.
>Even Pino Moroni beat the MTB guys to the fancy aluminum/titanium
>quick-releases.
Actually, Mark, I saw a steel TIG welded "Zotz" road frame in 1977 at a race in South Bend, Indiana, held at Bendix Woods Park (the old Studebaker testing ground). The builder told me that it was as stronger than brazing. Of course, that was first steel TIG welded road frame I saw, and the last I saw until 1988 or so.
I think what BMX and then mountain bikes and aluminum and titanium did was make TIG acceptable.
Regards,
John "Pining For A PY-10" Taglia
Chicago, 20 degrees, windy, and getting colder
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