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Originally Posted by
Scooper
Most framebuilders agree that with the air hardening steels we have available today, any of the three major tube joining methods (brazed lugs, fillet brazing, and TIG welding) will render frames that are sufficiently strong to withstand normal use over many, many years, and the joints properly made using any of these methods are likely to be stronger than the tubes themselves.
So, in other words--lugs are sexy
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East Hill
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