Originally Posted by
beebe
I know I'm committing an internet sin by asking this, and I'm very, very sorry about that; however, my question is this: given two bikes at equal price points with equal geometries, tubing, braze-ons, and anything else I haven't thought of, why would you prefer lugged joints over tig-welded, beyond asthetics?
Why hi-jack this thread when your question deserves it's own thread?
Not nice. Not nice at all.
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My preferred bicycle brand is.......WORKSMAN CYCLES
I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.
Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?