Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Interesting take. Did you see tubes and lugs cut open to show how consistently they were laid up, compressed and cured? Did you see a finished frame cut open to show how uniformly the tubes were bonded to the lugs?
I saw the loose, individual tubes before they were assembled, which were absolutely perfect - I don't know how they are made (not at their shop), but they looked as smooth and uniform as extrusions, inside and out.
The connections aren't lugged in the conventional way: funny as it sounds, it's more like they are glued and taped together. The ends are precisely cut, prepped, then joined and taped over with carbon fiber fabric. We saw connections in varying stages of completion, and amazingly the finished product was so carefully executed that one can finish it with a clear coat - it all looked like one continuous weave. Sublime.
The nice thing is, although they are expensive, they are not extraordinarily so. Because they are assembled from cut tubes, made to measure is a no-brainer, and less expensive than (or at least competitive with) higher-end off-the-rack frames.