frame id by lugs
01-11-16, 09:37 PM
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frame id by lugs
A cool lightweight frame was donated to the bicycle Exchange last Sat. No Identification but a high end light steel frame with braze ons for 2 bottle cages and another one under the frame for a fuel bottle. It had a mix of parts including a Campy seat post, cinelli stem and bars.
The lugs are rather plain but have a cut out of a long legged heart on top.
Based on the lug design any clue as to mfg.?
The lugs are rather plain but have a cut out of a long legged heart on top.
Based on the lug design any clue as to mfg.?
01-11-16, 09:42 PM
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By the braze ons for water bottles, that sounds like a touring bike of some sort, especially with one underneath. I'd assume the chain-stays are long.
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De Rosa, Mercian seem to have some hearts cut into lugs: see https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...rame-lugs.html and check images, I get on a bing (or google) search images for heart shaped lugs.
It sounds like a few companies did this.
It sounds like a few companies did this.
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Are the pictures in this thread not loading for anyone else?
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If there are pictures they are the kind you visualize in your imagination. I'm having trouble with how a heart-shape comes to have "long legs", or any kind of legs...but I guess I just lack imagination. 
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Good detective work on this.
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A cool lightweight frame was donated to the bicycle Exchange last Sat. No Identification but a high end light steel frame with braze ons for 2 bottle cages and another one under the frame for a fuel bottle. It had a mix of parts including a Campy seat post, cinelli stem and bars.
The lugs are rather plain but have a cut out of a long legged heart on top.
Based on the lug design any clue as to mfg.?
The lugs are rather plain but have a cut out of a long legged heart on top.
Based on the lug design any clue as to mfg.?
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...heck, most of the time I can't even ID something with the pictures, let alone without.
...heck, most of the time I can't even ID something with the pictures, let alone without.
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