Ok, I'm building my first lugged frameset with silver filler (Thanks CycleDesign!).

Started with Pacenti lugs (IIRC) and BB shell and cut them up a bit to make them a bit more dramatic and personal. Not much, just a bit ... I'm using oversized tubes but with 6-4-6 and 7-5-7 walls.

A couple interesting details:

Since I like wishbone stays and I recently purchased a lathe, I turned down a .058" walled tube to slip fit over .75" tube for the wishbone and cut matching lug from the sleeve. Basically a Bi-Laminate wishbone. I turned it down because I think the .058" looks too heavy as a lug thickness. You can see in the first pic where the turning stopped. I'll pin these pieces together for the final assembly and brazing as I'm worried that it might move. I'll silver braze the sleeve around the tube and then use Fillet Pro to attach to back of seat cluster. I'm still working on the sequence to complete this part so I get good penetration as well as solid bond between the seatstay and the sleeve. Any advice is welcome!

I have a set of NOS center pull Gran Compe brakes that are super sleek and light with cartridge bearing pivots from the early 80's (guessing). I'm turning custom posts on my lathe so I can get rid of the mounting bracket and braze the mounts direct to the SS/Fork blades. I think this will look awesome - really compact and very nicely finished.

Other than that, typical low trail, relatively 32mm tire road bike.



Tons of pics of all my work is on Flickr. Just got frames #1 & #2 back from painter so, those pics are there too. Stop in and take a look around!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54319503@N05/


Thanks