Originally Posted by
SkinGriz
I had no idea bikes were fillet brazed until this post. My exclusive experience brazing for structure was sticking a steel pipe to a steel plate in welding class.
Fascist. It’s such an emotionally charged word that hardly anybody uses it with respect for the bundle of sticks forced together, the marriage of industry and government, etc.
and used for comic effect in Bull Durham.
I thought the wink at the end of my post might have tipped one off to the sarcasm...
BTW, fillet brazing bicycles has been around for a long time. Go look up some of these famous builders:
Jo Routens
Tom Ritchey
Jeff Lyon
Heck, I've made my own lugs using fillet brazing:
One aspect of fascism is conformity. Lugs force conformity to certain frame angles. Unless, of course, you roll your own (example shown above).