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On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 10:12 AM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > huh > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 27, 2016, at 9:09 AM, "Grant @ Rivendell" <grant6...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The only lug that doesn't allow angle-versatility is the CLEM lug, which > is why we got the curvy seat stays--so we could make the chainsays the > length we wanted. The upper seat stay socket is cast into the lug, so isn't > variable. But structurally, it is SUPER. > The lug and seat stay cap combo below (two pieces--the lug; the "sta-cap") > allows a million degrees of rotation, so there's no limit to the angle. It > has a neo-funqui look to it that I am warming up to because I see the > structural advantages and some building possibilities, but right now, for > me and for anybody who's gotten used to a normal side-of-lug attachment, > it's TAKES some getting used to. It requires the same amount of brazing as > a normal connection. Shown is the external cap, but there will be an > internal one, too--Fancy and Plain. > I promise to St. Peter that if this style was around in 1931 or whatever, > most subsequent bikes would have been made with it, but it's kind of odd > that it's coming out in 2017, when, if you were to ask the next pro-clad > bike rider you see "What's a seat lug?" he'd give you a three-letter, > one-syllabel, palindromic answer! > > On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 7:27:50 AM UTC-7, Tim Gavin wrote: >> >> I'm wondering about this, at the bottom of the BLUG post: >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> So, are the seat stay caps separate from the rest of the lug, then brazed >> into the sockets on the back of the seat lug? If so, that could be a good >> way to build bikes of differing geometries with a single seat lug casting. >> >> The specific stay exit angle of the seat lug is what caused the Clem's >> bendy seat stays; the desired lug didn't offer the correct stay angle to >> match the loooong chainstays. >> >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Richard Rios <richard...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Looks like a rad project. Blug says it will be drop bar compatable so >>> I'm guessing tt length should be reasonable. Wonder if it will be TiG or >>> lugs though? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbw-owners-bunch/SPG2326-yMI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
