Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:51:49 -0800 Tom Finnegan <TomF@piengr.com> wrote: > John Collier wrote: > Would you extend the second to include fillet brazed steel? I love steel > bicycle frames but think that the recent incorporation of beer can > technology has improved the ride quality significantly. I am having a frame > made to replace the one a kind member of the proletariat recently liberated > from me. A tight (lots of pedal overlap) cyclocross frame with Columbus foco > tubing for the seat and down tubes, Reynolds 853 top tube, and curly seat > stays from I do not know where. REALLY REALLY sweet ride. I can hardly wait. > It will have track drop outs but with a derailleur hanger added so I can > switch to fixed or single speed as well. I am going STI and nine speed > (Canon and Nikon equivalents in the bicycle world) so I fear you will shun > me if we ever meet! > *********************** > > Fillet brazed is allowed, but tig welded may be a bit suspect. Hopefully > your bike is a nice North American build and not one of those cheap Italian > bikes like Walt's. Maybe he can save up and someday buy a real bike. Actually, I'm too cheap....and I like the little Cinelli logos in the lugs, even if the bike sux......at 43 and 230 pounds, I can't tell the difference when I ride around the neighborhood!....sure is pretty in the living room, tho..... I just > finished building up my fillet brazed Jeff Lyon (Grants Pass, OR) cross bike > with a mix of Suntour and Campy parts. Certainly no Shimano or STI! I even > attempted to race it on Sunday, before I had even given it a test ride. The > bike rode great, but the motor and pilot could do with alot of improvement! > After a quick change of clothes I then pulled out the M6 and R7 and shot a > couple rolls of PKR 64 and HP5+ of the following races. I need to take the > Kodachrome in today for processing, and I need to get processing the b&w as > I have about a dozen rolls waiting to be processed. > > I don't know anything about Morgans. As an old roommate used to say, "never > spend more than $500 on a car or less than $2500 on your bike". I'd be lucky > if I could sell my old Subaru for $500. I have one "free" Nissan and one really nice one I paid $300 for....(it was abandoned by a student when the neutral safety switch went out!!!) I guess my bike, built up today, new, would be about $2200, so I'm ok there....but it, like my leica system and audio, was built up over the years for less than 1/4 that figure!!! CU Walt > > Tom Finnegan > Seattle >