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Ironfish653
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Nice find! $100 for a survivor like that is hard to walk away from.
Early ATBs like that always look so interesting. Is that a 26/24?

Originally Posted by WildRalph
Nice score! That thing looks very rugged! Is that a filet brazed steel frame? Just learning about filet brazing. And can anyone explain Schwinn "Electroforging?" Is it a weld, a filet braze, something in between?
It’s a Cannondale, they’re all hand-welded aluminum. Those super-smooth welds are a trademark of the US -made bikes; each one carries its welder’s initials along with its sn#; something that carried on until the end of US production in ‘06.


( here’s a link to an article about Schwinn Electroforged frames, it’s a fascinating industrial process)
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