as a "for instance", dozens, if not hundreds of companies built bicycles using Nervex Professional lugs, so while a database might be of some use in narrowing things down, it would only be able to settle things for a handful of instances. Compiling the database so far after the fact would also be a huge challenge, Not all memories are flawless, and not all the folks who would know are still with us.
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