... with aftermarket seatpost clamp and serial number VERY close to that of my first Capo Modell Campag. Is your 531 sticker at the bottom of the seat tube or at the top, covered up by the bike license?

Yup, you've seen that one before, John! http://tinyurl.com/3e3c88

Neal

Why oh why do we have nothing but welds these days? Has all the artisans of the world left? (No offense to skilled welders)

Mine, but the De Rosa pic is not of mine & I don't have that Eisentraut anymore. Way to small at 45 cm & I traded it off when my grandaughter outgrew it. Sometimes lug lining really enhances things but all to often it seems to turn out badly.
Don

Long Shen lugs seem to be good enough for Richard Sachs.

Guerciotti

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/4...88f9d6d1_o.jpg

'07 Rock Lobster.

Love this thread.

Here's my 1977 Sekai 5000 Superlite dumpster bike. More pictures here.


http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...n/IMG_3374.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...n/IMG_3392.jpg

Just a couple of other performance enhanced lugs I've worked with. :p

So many...beautiful lugs! I feel like Daisy looking at Jay Gatsby's shirts in The Great Gatsby, weeping at the sheer beauty of them. :p

:eek: cheater. :p :)

sekaijin - someone threw THAT into the dumpster???!!!

True Blue
 

Japanese Steel

'89 Trek 660 seat cluster:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18...o/DSC01493.jpg

1972 Nishiki International

I know. It wasn't actually in the dumpster yet, but I got it through a "freecycling" listing from someone who was ready to toss it. She was storing it for a friend who'd moved away, and she was completely clueless about bikes. Funny thing is, so was I. I was looking to get into road cycling by finding a free junker to fix up and learn on. It was only once I brought it into Yellow Jersey and started doing some research that I realized what a rare, high quality find it is.

I'm trying to take good care of it. I just finished a full winter restoration (pictures here).

Here is some unusual lugwork, on yet another you-know-what. :) Photo courtesy of Vienna-based "Puchultima." I am guessing this one dates from circa 1950, making it about my age (and Harald "Hary Capo" Cap's).

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...eldt/topbb.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...ldt/bbdone.jpg

http://velospace.org/files/Bike7.JPG
http://velospace.org/files/Bike4.JPG

Still got a ways to go but...

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...eatlugdone.jpg

55/Rad, always showing off the shiny chrome and putting the rest of us to shame!

http://img.timeinc.net/people/i/2006...andersonq1.jpg

oh sorry, i read lungs.

Great photography, too! Looks like a magazine cover.

55/Rad, could you tell us about your photo setup?

ALso, did the Pinarello need much polishing after the paint was stripped? I have a Samson that is getting chippy on the seatstays, and so I'm considering stripping the rear triangle. Leap of faith, I suppose.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...tewart/lug.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ewart/lug2.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...aramount-3.jpg