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Old 10-20-06 | 03:45 PM
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From: La La Land (We love it!)

Bikes: Gilmour road, Curtlo road; both steel (of course)

Originally Posted by HillRider
There are two ways lugs are made. Some are stamped from sheet steel and other are investment cast. Stamped lugs are have been around forever and there is nothing wrong with them. Almost all older bike were made with stamped lugs. Investment cast lugs have a somewhat shorter history and are more expensive and are sometimes more "elegant", for what that's worth.

You like the bike? Go for what ever upgrades you want. There is nothing wrong with the frame's construction.

Same with the bottom bracket shell.

The funny thing, although castings were considered the upper-end choice ("more precise", etc.) stampings actually have better fatigue resistance and will tolerate cold-setting more than their cast counterparts.

Like the other say, all that matters is that you like it.
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