Originally Posted by
Six jours
Oh, and FWIW, this type of track fork is actually extremely strong and is a better candidate for "tricks" than most of the TIGed **** you kids are riding. "Tricks" didn't cause this failure: overstressing a properly built fork of this type results in bent forks, not failed joinery. The fact that rust is present indicates that the crown/steerer was not adequately heated and not enough filler made it into the joint. This fork started to fail within days of its creation.
Anything lugged is less resistant to impact than the same material TIG'd. This is not debatable. The point of a lug focuses all the stress of an impact into the tubing at the tip of that point.
Seems to me like you're the one "waxing poetic" about how great lugs are. Unfortunately, lugs - much like NJS frames - are completely obsolete in high-level competition.