Originally Posted by
Campag4life
More like...Grant doesn't have the technology to eliminate lugs and he chooses heavier (yield strength/specific gravity) and more garden variety grades of Chromoly because he can make a better profit and the guys who guy bikes from him don't know the difference and think lugs are "quaint".
If you think the Japanese, Taiwanese and American facilities that manufacture Rivendells can't do TIG, you are sorely mistaken. Ever heard of Gunnar?