When was the first TIG welded (or other inert gas-arc welded) lightweight road racing frame built? Any on topic?
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
On 12/1/05, chuck1sd@cox.net <chuck1sd@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Both lugged and fillet brazed construction would fall under the
> classification "keepers of the flame". A tig welded frame would not. Even
> though a frame may be handmade, it is the construction method which is us
ed
> to determine if it falls under the "KOF". In its strictest sense KOF refe
rs
> to builders who build in the manner which has been around for 150 years,
and
> was a classical way of constructing a bicycle frame before the advent of
> electricity and all the welding that it spawned. Just my humble opinion.
>
> Chuck Schlesinger
> San Diego, CA
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