Re: [RBW] Re: "A Steamy Lug Affair" by Grant Petersen

2023-10-06 Thread RichS
Eric, I forgot. Thank you too for posting the article! -Rich On Friday, October 6, 2023 at 12:22:53 PM UTC-4 RichS wrote: > I'm still in love with the lugs on my 2013 Hillborne:-))) Hard to believe > these are on a production frame. Thank you Grant! > > Best, > Rich in ATL > > On Thursday, Octo

Re: [RBW] Re: "A Steamy Lug Affair" by Grant Petersen

2023-10-06 Thread RichS
I'm still in love with the lugs on my 2013 Hillborne:-))) Hard to believe these are on a production frame. Thank you Grant! Best, Rich in ATL On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 7:58:00 PM UTC-4 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: > Two observations from reading the article. 1. The lugged bike renaissance >

Re: [RBW] Re: "A Steamy Lug Affair" by Grant Petersen

2023-10-05 Thread Richard Rose
Two observations from reading the article. 1. The lugged bike renaissance happened and is ongoing. 2. Neither of my two Rivendell’s are lugged. Well, the Clem has the seat cluster…Sent from my iPhoneOn Oct 5, 2023, at 5:05 PM, Ted W wrote:Funny you should mention this I have a couple different 3D

Re: [RBW] Re: "A Steamy Lug Affair" by Grant Petersen

2023-10-05 Thread Ted W
Funny you should mention this I have a couple different 3D printers, one that prints in resin which is perfect for making positive molds for stuff like this because the end product has very fine layer lines, and i was thinking about how I would design my own lugs… I think you just gave me some idea

Re: [RBW] Re: "A Steamy Lug Affair" by Grant Petersen

2023-10-05 Thread aeroperf
I keep thinking it might be easier now (2023) to do a lugged frame than it was 10 years ago because… You can design the frame with a CAD program, design the lugs with the same program, and print the lugs using a 3-D printer. If you don’t print the steel lugs themselves, you can use the 3-D prin

Re: [RBW] Re: "A Steamy Lug Affair" by Grant Petersen

2023-10-05 Thread John Dewey
Renaissance it was 💥🙏🚴👍 NAHBS—and others—to the rescue. Thankfully gratefully. Jock On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 12:38 PM Ted Durant wrote: > Grant wrote, "I think we're at the point in bicycle history where lugged > frames will either undergo a renaissance or face extinction..." > > It's nice to be

Re: [RBW] Re: "A Steamy Lug Affair" by Grant Petersen

2023-10-05 Thread Ted Durant
Grant wrote, "I think we're at the point in bicycle history where lugged frames will either undergo a renaissance or face extinction..." It's nice to be on the other side of almost 25 years later and see which way it went! Ted Durant Milwaukee, WI USA -- You received this message because you

Re: [RBW] Re: "A Steamy Lug Affair" by Grant Petersen

2023-10-05 Thread Ted W
That's a really nice piece and he's right about all of it. I have two hobbies, bicycles and woodworking. In both cases, my eye is drawn to those "inefficient" details and it's what I love most about both of them. With bicycles, it's the consistency of a fillet braze from someone who has spent deca