Originally Posted by
bulgie
I like attaching seatstays to seat lug with silver, but I always filed a little groove in the side of the lug to match the stay, for some decent contact area.
Yes this style has plenty of surface area and should be very strong. The ones Brodie did (that I was surprised by) were just mitred straight in (I think it's called the "shot-in" style?). So that you only really have contact along the cross-section of the tube (although it is cut at a fairly steep angle).