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Re: [PARLEEbikes] Frame question

Thanks so much for your insightfull answer.


--- Ryan Sabga <pointsracer@...> wrote:

> The way it works is that the tubes are cut and mitered and put in the
> jig, then the lugs are made in place and molded in place. The end
> result is nothing short of revolutionary: unlike other bikes that
> have sloppy glue layers between the lugs and tubes, Parlees have
> none. There is no glue demarcation line on a cross section of
> tube/lug. This is a major part of why Bob's bikes ride more like a
> fine steel bike than everyone else's dead feeling carbon bikes.
>
> Alan <alan257@...> wrote:
> Frame question: Does anyone know if the carbon tubes that are used
> for
> the frames if they are straight cut or mitered to fit around the tube
> that they are joined to? Thanks!
> Alan
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Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:25 pm

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Frame question: Does anyone know if the carbon tubes that are used for the frames if they are straight cut or mitered to fit around the tube that they are...
Alan
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Nov 14, 2004
9:43 pm

Come on, Alan!!!! They're mitered perfectly, just like a tig welded steel bike. Alan <alan257@...> wrote: Frame question: Does anyone know if the carbon...
Ryan Sabga
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Nov 14, 2004
9:49 pm

The way it works is that the tubes are cut and mitered and put in the jig, then the lugs are made in place and molded in place. The end result is nothing...
Ryan Sabga
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Nov 14, 2004
9:52 pm

Thanks so much for your insightfull answer. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com...
Alan
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Nov 14, 2004
10:25 pm

No worries. I just wanted to make sure that you knew the difference between your bike and a C-50, Cervelo, and the rest of those lug and tube gluers....
Ryan Sabga
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Nov 15, 2004
9:42 pm

Thanks again! I went on a ride yesterday and someone asked me the question about the mitering of the tubes and I kind of felt a bit dumb not knowing the...
Alan
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Nov 15, 2004
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