[CR]Mystery Frame-damage (Update)

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

From: <Carb7008@cs.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 22:02:46 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: watts.gary@gmail.com
Subject: [CR]Mystery Frame-damage (Update)

Gary, et al,

This frame I described shows no evidence of collision or any other reason the lug, head and down tube should have cracked other than it was very lightly built...especially for its suggested purpose as (sport?)-touring. I have fork and it appears perfect and no buckling/bending of down-tube is evident.

Update: I took frame to local builder, Rex Cycles. He could only guess that all the brazed-on bosses were for racks of some type but couldn't identify even the dropouts. Bottom line was he would not fillet-braze it (which he is very good at BTW) and estimated $400 for head and down tube replacement. Anyone know of other fillet-brazers in CA that might do it?

Pics now available,

Jack Romans

Sacramento, CA