my reply... if i bought into that, i could see it as a possibility in the areas that 'traditionally get heated and joined, (tubes ends, etcetera). but... from the picture, i don't think that the mill would have done anything extraordinary to the seat stay or seat tube areas onto which the struts were added. it's a nice touch. considering the age of the frame, the feature could be seen as an innovation of sorts. but i still think that the joining process, particularly in the area that is shown, can do more harm than the perceived benefits would suggest. e-RICHIE
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Bob Reid <bob.reid1@virgin.net> writes:
*Richard wrote,
*** i would assume that the gain in stiffness by 'butressing'
*** the seat stays would be negated by the shear act of
****adding these small struts. the heat involved in the brazing
****operation will certainly not help the area onto which
****these add-ons were, well, added.
> How does that square with the tube manufacturers at the time who
> were
> balatantly advertising the changes in the metals micro structure
> when the
> frames were brazed up giving increased / improved strength around
> the heated
> zone ?. This was one of their more popular sales pitches.
> Bob Reid
> Stonehaven
> Scotland