Mark Fulton wrote:
> Okay, Morgan, I give up. At first I thought I was looking at a
> brazed-up Rossin lug. Then I looked at 4 of my Rossins ('83 to '85),
> the ones with the R on that lug, and they're not like that. The R is
> in two separate segments; a vertical stroke and a reversed S-like
> swash. So what it/was it? it actually looks more "Rossin" than the
> Rossin lugs do.
>
> Mark Fulton
> Redwood City
> California
> USA
>
> PS: Two of my Rossins have pantographed shift levers and the Rs on
> them are like the one on the brazed-up lug.
You know, I just saw this on a visit to Ed's shop. As I remember it, it was a Rossin-built Pogliaghi he was either repairing or repainting for someone, I think from TX and on this list.
I used to sell Rossins in the late 1980s at a bike shop in Sausalito, CA (sadly, not A Bicycle Odyssey) and I'm pretty sure I remember them having the same flowy "R" cast into the lugs as in that photo.
Ed, you got your ears on?
Morgan "I know nussink!" Fletcher
Oakland, CA USA