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Old 03-04-21, 04:10 PM
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@Duke7777 when I saw you'd posted, I knew this would be good. You've got such an wonderful collection. Beautiful examples above. I love the curves on the Monteil. That's a new one for me. Thanks for sharing!
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Seat cluster lug used by Daccordi in the 80s-90s. Sadly the rest of the lugs are much simpler without the claws


on the same Daccordi a super simple rounded fork


As others have already posted, the French style seat stay seat cluster connection is such an elegant classic


cutout lugs are always great. I appreciate the little cut out on the fork crown (in a sea of fork crowns that are very similar to this it's a nice little detail
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Bruce Gordon.






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Originally Posted by obrentharris
Bruce Gordon.






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of course, the big question is: was Bruce rude to you?

he did such great work, and had such distinctive lugs!

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disclaimer: not my bikes, but they are my photos...
with that out of the way, I'd like to offer shots of some of Mark DiNucci's work.

here is a bike that was displayed at the 2018 Classic Rendezvous gathering...








and an unpainted frame that he had on display at the 2015 NAHBS. I was just amazed at the work that went into the construction of the lugs and the degree of finish work involved! Also... it's always fun to see the unpainted frame, whether lugged or fillet brazed. It lets you see the contours better, and it provides a better look at how carefully those contours are controlled as evidenced by the smooth border between the brass and the steel.











so if you get the feeling that you are in the market for a custom frame with killer lugs, Mark is someone you should talk to!

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Micheal Bornstein from when he worked for Andy at Strawberry, this supposedly became Greg Meeker's training bike after he went back to Micheal's in Ames Iowa







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Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
of course, the big question is: was Bruce rude to you?

he did such great work, and had such distinctive lugs!

Steve in Peoria


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My wife’s previous bike was this Erickson custom. He’s known for his “art bikes”, and this one with its snowflake scheme is relatively modest.







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pcb what is with the electrical tape on the downtubes of some of your bikes?
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What's a vowel amongst friends?



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@clubman Kudos to you for staying in such good shape over this long winter.
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Sweet talkin' devil...
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Originally Posted by clubman
What's a vowel amongst friends?
and what does it mean when I manage to notice that the chain is inch pitch? That photo must have been taken quite a while ago.

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Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
and what does it mean when I manage to notice that the chain is inch pitch? That photo must have been taken quite a while ago.

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Life magazine had great bike photos, have a look. Sorry to hijack from the lovely lugs.
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The tape wraps are to cushion/protect the top tube from handlebar hits, and the downtube from brake caliper hits. They work pretty well against the casual fork swings and fall-overs, might not protect 100% in a bad crash-up.

In the old days we used bar tape, now I use self-fusing silicone tape. The silicone tape goes on and comes off really clean. That's a help if you have remove/replace, either because it gets ratty, or because you changed your bar/stem, or sometimes just changed bar height, and then the bar hits the top tube in a different spot.

That, and "sealing" the bottom headset cup with a slice of stretched inner tube were kind of finishing touches. I don't do the inner tube headset thing much anymore because I'm lazy and favor sealed headsets.

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pcb what is with the electrical tape on the downtubes of some of your bikes?
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Is it my imagination, or were the early 90's an era when people really started to value artistic lugs?
The Sept 1992 issue of Bicycling had a couple of shots of some Glenn Erickson lugs as background for the table of contents....







sooo cool!!

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oops.... should have included this with the previous post, I suppose.

this is from the Sept 1993 issue of Bicycling. More lugs from Erickson. oooh baby!!







I wonder where these incredible Erickson frames are now??

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Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
I wonder where these incredible Erickson frames are now??

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My wife’s snowflake frame with the matching stem hangs in the great collection of classic bikes at Recycled Cycles in Seattle.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Glenn still owns some of them. But very sadly he now has Parkinson’s. We saw him on his e-bike (a very subtle Orbea) with his wife on a ride in the Cascade foothills a couple of years ago. Nancy remembered us, but the disease is also affecting his memory.
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Originally Posted by Dfrost
My wife’s snowflake frame with the matching stem hangs in the great collection of classic bikes at Recycled Cycles in Seattle.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Glenn still owns some of them. But very sadly he now has Parkinson’s. We saw him on his e-bike (a very subtle Orbea) with his wife on a ride in the Cascade foothills a couple of years ago. Nancy remembered us, but the disease is also affecting his memory.
Glad to hear that he gets some recognition of his work. Sorry to hear about the Parkinsons... but good that he is able to use an e-bike to help stay active.

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Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
disclaimer: not my bikes, but they are my photos...
with that out of the way, I'd like to offer shots of some of Mark DiNucci's work...

...so if you get the feeling that you are in the market for a custom frame with killer lugs, Mark is someone you should talk to!

Steve in Peoria
Dinucci

Please forgive the dirt. This is the bike I ride the most.









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@ Brent's Dinucci.

Wow.

A showstopper.
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Originally Posted by obrentharris


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Another Bruce just to wave his flag my favorite ride. Never had an occasion to talk to him.




The elegant fork crown
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