Re: [CR]Nervex Professional Lugs

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:44:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Joe Starck" <josephbstarck@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Nervex Professional Lugs
To: HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F0DEF21.7000501@erols.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Harvey - Sounds like the lug wasn't brazed well, no fault of the lug, eh? Ask Robert Wittenborn to bring his Nervex Pro', Reynolds 753, Joe Starck-built Holland to Dale's Cirque this year and it might place on the podium somewhere next to any other "candidate for concours." Second or Third would be fine, Baylis might be there too. - Joe Starck

HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com> wrote:Joe Starck wrote:

Raoul - Nervex Professional lugs will always enjoy the highest rating as the most simple, yet perfect lug designs - and they confer the highest rating to the builder who can make them look good. - Joe Starck, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

I, too, like the Nervex Prof. lugs, and have for decades. Still, like the little ditty about the little girl, "When she was good, she was very good, and when she was bad, she was..." I still smile about the weirdest implementation I ever saw. It was a classic, bike-boom Crescent from Sweden, in the standard orange. Campy, Nervex, the whole thing. Except that it was "snaggle-toothed." Somehow, the front of the lower head lug had split, leaving a gap, slightly asymetric but with one "hook" still on each side. Worked fine, but hardly a candidate for concours... This was in Corvallis, OR, in the early 70s.

harvey sachs mcLean va

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