I think his reference to "lugged piece of junk" is a swipe at Trek OCLVs (carbon fiber) which are bonded frames (internally lugged) and failed in great numbers and not the "lugged" frames we like to think about.
Cheers!
Don Ferris
Denver, where it snowed but didn't stick, Colorado
> From: "nath" <ferness261@voyager.net>
> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:03:15 -0600
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]ebay search result
>
> Hey, folks.
>
> One of my daily eBay searches is in the bike category (duh!) using the
> search term < lug* >. This usually brings me something interesting, a
> strange frame I might have missed, but it also brings in a more than a few
> things of little or no interest.
>
> This particular bike . . . well, it isn't lugged, and it isn't vintage . . .
> but the listing includes a *reference* to lugs (which I took as a reference
> to *vintage* lugs and steel) that I thought some of you may find amusing:
> http://ebay.com/
>
> A good guffaw (or more restrained chuckle) to start the day with. . . .
>
> nath "bemoaning the 60-70 degree days that apparently flew south for the
> season while I slept last night" dresser
> spring green, wisconsin