Originally Posted by stapfam

I've ridden steel but I am afraid that I trust a good Mig welder to join the pipes together. Can remember back to the period when Raleigh were using straight gauge pipes- And using big thick lugs for the critical angles and joining of pipes. The stuff holding the pipes to the lugs was Glue and I went off any form of lug works after that.

Now give me a Mig weld done by an expert and I will be in raptures just looking at it. Every time I look at Lugs- all I can think of is Araldite (Epoxy Resin) holding the bike together.