Old 07-26-19, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by RiddleOfSteel
Since I don't want to disassemble my Prologue again, I will have to look at pictures I took of it, as well as my Peloton (same top level Panasonic build, same exact lugs--not kidding), to see if I took any. Nothing stood out to me when I did look at it, which usually means the tubes all go straight into the lugs with no mitering--they just don't protrude into free space very far at all. Seems to be pretty standard on other high end frames. No squishing--plenty of clearance for bottom brackets.
Ha, yeah disassembly is well past reasonable.

This is the inside of the Premis shell. I get that fitting the tubes by mitering is extra time and therefore cost, but wasn't sure if the late 80s Japanese built frames went that extra step due to higher quality/qc/different process.
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