Originally Posted by Young Version

That's not really relevant, though. The engineers at Lotus know what they're doing...these people clearly do not. In fact, their entire premise for why welding is weak is just plain wrong.

A friend (and fellow engineer) and I were talking about using 3M industrial epoxy to build a lugged bike--given adequate preparation, it's certainly doable. Hell, the early carbon bikes were bonded together in aluminum lugs...though that didn't always work out.