Originally Posted by
Mercian Rider
Haha--not salty at all. Just asking for veracity. Pillars of this pond shouldn't have to make stuff up to make a point.
Got three builders and two names, not several. How many of those three build both lugged and tigged? And which of those three said tigged is "much more diffucult" than building a lugged frame? Pfffft.
Not making anything up here. The folks are R&E have done TIG and lugs for a long time now. However, they really only do TIG now as their fit philosophies have recently been geared more towards adventure cycling and require geometries that don't accomodate lugs. And several = more than 2
We have all seen horrible TIGing, but seamless TIGing is a rarity and there is a reason for that.
And in no way was I trying to throw dirt on Cassave's bikes. They are great and I can safely say I will never be able to even get started on projects that nice.