Originally Posted by
Bionicycle
Yea.. I think I was wrong in calling it a lug, in the normal sence. It is much more of a "reinforcing plate" as you call it. The way my Fuji is made though, I would not be able to mount a brake on it; as I have seen on other Mixte frames.
I do remeber seeing a picture of a mixte type frame once, that had the two down tubes just spot welded, or brazed to the seat tube, it had a little cross tube brace in front of the seat tube, and one up closer to the head tube. But after the seat tube the twin down tubes just flared out to the dropouts.
But, seeing as how I can't remeber where I saw it, or what name brand it was... feel free to discount it as bunk for now.
It may have been some kind of custom frame... I looked at soo many pictures of Mixtes there for a while, trying to get some ideas for mine. Lord only knows where I may have seen it.
All my uploaded photos are from the wrong angle, but if you look at this:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2290/...6698a958_o.jpg
You can just see that the white frame has a lug that surrounds the seat tube and half of the top tubes.
The pink frame has the top tubes bent in and spot welded to the ST. This does have the effect of making fender fitment difficult, I had to trim them with a dremel to fit the smaller gap.
Both of these frames are lacking cable stops for centrepull brakes in the middle stays sadly. White is running a drum and pink a sidepull.
White: Australian built 'Master Sports' gaspipe
Pink: Japanese (?) built Shogun, same top tube arrangment as this Univega, which is commented as a Miyata:
http://flickr.com/photos/jhvu/363727277/ but this is triple butted Cr-Mo with DT mounted shifters as compared to my 'Tangaloy' with stem shifters