Listees,
Colnago seat stay caps are cast plugs, from at least 1969 and onwards.
Cutting, filing, and brazing a seat stay as described earlier would not likely yeild a seat stay end that looked like a Colnago.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
Dale and Marten- I suspect you are right. Most likely a cast top plug if any volume was made with this detail. I certainly agree with Colnago's manufacturing approach. I never saw the same appeal in them that so many others do. ----- Original Message ----- From: oroboyz@aol.com To: onetenth@earthlink.net ; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: Early Colnago & seat stay tops...
Jay wrote: << Interesting seat stay caps. Any guesses as to how it was done? I can't figger it. Dale? >>
Andrew wrote: <<Cut a "V" into the top end of the SS running crosswise. Now you have two points diametrically opposite each other. File one a little bit shorter then the other. Bend the longer one to fit the shape of the seat lug then bend in the short outer point with a distinctive flattened shape.>>
I like that scenario Andrew, but I am guessing it's less fancy & skilled... I think it was a plug in "top eye" they (who?) just filed slots/shelves into...
Let's get some paint stripper and take a look . :) (OH NO!)
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA http://www.classicrendezvous.com
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew R Stewart <onetenth@earthlink.net> To: jvs@sonic.net; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 1:41 pm Subject: Re: [CR] Stylin' 'nago
Jay- My question also. Here's my take on the caps. Cut a "V" into the top end of the SS running crosswise. Now you have two points diametrically opposite each other. File one a little bit shorter then the other. Bend the longer one to fit the shape of the seat lug then bend in the short outer point with a distinctive flattened shape. This give you a stepped pair of points, one on top of the other. Braze it up and file to clean up the dual shore lines.
----- Original Message ----- From: <jvs@sonic.net> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:21 PM Subject: [CR] Stylin' 'nago
> Wow! Thanks for bringing it to our attention! Interesting seat stay
> caps. Any guesses as to how it was done? I can't figger it. Dale?
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> Jay Sexton
> Sebastopol, CA
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