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Old 08-26-09 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by chase.
i'm all over that pursuit, but honestly i think the wheelset, frame design, and general scheme are blinding me from the look stem and other details (why fillet braze and then not blend the track ends into the stays?).
smooth-filing the track ends may be done to look smooth, but fillet brazing is done for a lot of other reasons than just to look smooth - in this case it may have been chosen because it's more flexible than lugged construction, in terms of geometry and tubing shape.
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