I recall seeing long, long ago (nearly 25 years ago) a custom, 650C ("See") titanium road bike owned by a local woman roadie, a Spectrum, I think. The tigs were so lovely smooth that I asked her if the frame was fillet brazed. A lot of filing, she said, in effect.
But for untouched beads, those are the nicest I've seen, and I agree the frame looks beautiful. I'm glad Grant apostatized on his pledge never to join tubes with anything except lugs. (Long ago, in a Reader.) I hope he'll eventually become more liberal toward disc brakes, too -- someone suggested an option, with removable canti bosses; I think that makes very good sense. The real virtues of a Rivendell frame, IMO, are far less the aesthetics, though this counts, than the "feel", fit, and handling, which at their best (just referring to my own experience of them and my taste) are unsurpassed. On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Surlyprof <jmcclu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was at Riv yesterday and saw this beautiful clear coated Clem. Any > reservations I may have had about a Riv without lugs have vanished. I have > never seen such beautiful tig welding! > > John > > -- > 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. > -- *30% Supply and Demand discount, listmembers only, on all resume, LinkedIn, and writing services, until Demand equals Supply! And there's more! 10% kickback for any referral resulting in fully paid, list-price contract. And still more! I am offering services in trade for a road bike, or frame and parts, that are period compatible with my AM hub, circa 1937 to 1961. See my website for what I do and what I charge; email for details.* Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** -- 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.