Re: [CR]Widow's Peak Seat Lug

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 19:08:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Widow's Peak Seat Lug
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <C4D0B898-C4E6-4733-AFB3-92266CA502FE@charter.net>


Also, on smaller sized frames, the mounting strap for some seat bags can rub against the little peak, abrading the paint. For that reason - during a repaint - I had once had the frame builder file down one of those peaks.
         Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginai (USA)


--- Steve Leitgen wrote:


> It's interesting that when I hung out with Behringer he
> avoided
> building bikes with this option for this very reason. His
> were
> rounded instead of pointed.
>
> Steve Leitgen
> La Crosse, WI
>
>
> On Sep 8, 2006, at 4:35 PM, LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Jack Romans said:
> >
> > Just an observation...but almost every "custom-class" bike
> I see
> > has that
> > sharp point coming-up off the front of the
> seat/tube/cluster lug.
> > I'm not
> > suggesting that bikes that don't have this aren't
> 1st-class, but
> > it seems de
> > rigueur
> > for 70-80's customs.
> >
> >
> >
> > I would caution anyone packing a bike with one of these
> points or
> > buying one
> > for shipment to carefully protect the point. I do this
> several
> > ways, but
> > primarily by tying the bike to the side of the box so
> that it
> > can't move.
> > Lots of soft packing or an old seatpost inserted will also
> work.
> > What happens
> > is that the shipper turns the box upside down and if the
> bike moves,
> > invariably the sharp point pokes through the top of the
> box,
> > bending or otherwise
> > blunting the point. I've received two such damaged points
> in the
> > past three
> > years. It is a shame because as Jack Romans has
> recognized, they
> > are very nice.
> > Lou Deeter, Orlando FL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> _______________________________________________
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