Originally Posted by
DiegoFrogs
Are the bottle braze-ons stock? I didn't realize they could come that way.
Since that obviously is original paint, I would guess the bottle braze-ons are pem nuts or such.
Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
The Capella lugs are a curious detail for the International. They were used briefly, and I don't recall them being used on any other bike.
I've got a Super Course with them, and two Competitions. I bought two sets of lugs on eBay 5 years ago from a gentleman in England. They were the ugliest raw lugs I've ever seen, very rough. I ended up selling them to North Cycles in Portland. They made a display rack out of one set, don't know where the other set went.
Originally Posted by
oneclick
They were Carlton (pre-Raleigh) lugs. In 1973 somebody found them in box behind some empty biscuit tins when they were clearing everything out of the little-used lavatory by the stockroom (trying to get rid of the mice they were) and Robboe the foreman made the builders use them and so he sold a batch of new lugs out the back door for drink.
Finally, the definitive answer.