Jeremy I thought that lug in question is the center diagatube lug. Seat tube passes through top to bottom. Diagatube plugs in the front, and the two plugs you see are the middle stays that continue the diagatube line down to the rear dropout.
At least that's what I think I see. Maybe it is a beefier seat lug. On Friday, April 19, 2013 8:04:45 AM UTC-7, Jeremy Till wrote: > > Wow. "Too big for most people" usually means "Just Right" for me, but 67 > with a up-sloping TT is too big. > > Looking at the pictures of the seat lug in question on the most recent > Blug post, I was also speculating (before having seen Tom's GP quote from > the archives there) that it was a bike meant to carry a large-ish rider or > at least a rearward-biased rider position (production Appaloosa?), because > of the way the seat stays plug in for a solid, supportive connection--like > the legs of a stool--rather than being brazed to the side of the seat lug > as is normal with Rivendells. My wife's Heron uses a similar type of seat > lug, as do old Treks from the investment-cast lug era. > > On Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:29:24 PM UTC-7, William wrote: >> >> I keep looking at the lug tree on the BLUG. It's a new mystery bike, and >> it's too big for me. I'll speculate... >> >> I think it's a new super big stout bike to augment the Atlantis, >> replacing the Bombadil in big sizes. Maybe it will be a diagatube large >> size Atlantis. >> >> I hope that "too big for you" is a trick. The real meaning is that the >> Clem Smith Jr is "too big for you (*to ride by yourself)" *and that it's >> a tandem. >> > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
