Re: [CR]Lug Type ID?

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:41:10 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: "Donald Gillies" <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]Lug Type ID?
In-Reply-To: <200710100024.l9A0OIii028494@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
References: <200710100024.l9A0OIii028494@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I thought lugs were structurally insignificant in a properly mitered and brazed frame. I'm skeptical, but that seemed to be the list consensus at one point.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA

On 10/9/07, Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
> I bet something really fun might happen when you crash into something
> on a bike that doesn't have reinforcements on the head tube. Like
> maybe it splits open your head-tube column like a sardine can.
>
> Or better yet, maybe the entire head-tube and steering column decouple
> and go their own way down the highway ...
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA