Show Us Your Seat Lugs
07-20-22, 06:04 PM
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Cinelli Fastback, half-chromed.
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07-20-22, 06:08 PM
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07-20-22, 06:28 PM
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not sure who made the jig, it is a professional Jig
Not DIY, I wish i had the skills. I can guarantee that my brazing, the little I have done is not as nice
Not DIY, I wish i had the skills. I can guarantee that my brazing, the little I have done is not as nice
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07-20-22, 06:32 PM
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07-21-22, 12:56 AM
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A couple of english ones
Carlton Team BMB 1967
Mercian 1972
Carlton Team BMB 1967
Mercian 1972
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07-21-22, 01:14 AM
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Thank you @Drillium Dude for starting this thread. So many beautiful and sublime examples in this thread. @Doug Fattic, that late 70s frame is amazing--such thin and finely crafted lines. I also love seeing the examples from DiNucci, who seems to have been passed the torch from Hephaestus as far as I'm concerned. Yes, the head lugs are more likely to get the chrome treatment or draw the eye due to proximity to head badges, but the seat cluster is often a point where the framebuilder is able to showcase more of her or his creativity and originality.
A few modest examples from my stable
'80 Colnago Super
'85 De Rosa Professional
'74 Gitane Grand Tourisme
'86 Look KG86
Mystery frame
Another mystery frame that I built for my daughter
'90 Parkpre Team Road
A few modest examples from my stable
'80 Colnago Super
'85 De Rosa Professional
'74 Gitane Grand Tourisme
'86 Look KG86
Mystery frame
Another mystery frame that I built for my daughter
'90 Parkpre Team Road
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07-21-22, 06:55 AM
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Fabiofarelli's seat lug treatment on the frame picture he posted reminds me of the way one of my framebuilding class students from Argentina carved his lugs. This picture was taken right after he washed off flux and before he polished it for painting. The little skim of silver beyond the lug's shoreline was eventually sandblasted away. It is not silver bleeding away from the lug. It is usually where silver is added.
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07-21-22, 08:21 AM
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I like to avoid this by adding silver above the seat lug and using the torch to pull it through the rest of the lug. Then any blobs left from adding silver get trimmed away when I finish the top of the seat lug.
07-21-22, 10:38 AM
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A few more
A few of the nicer ones from my less than high end bunch
1964 Frejus, midrange and lacking usual Frejus lug windows
1972 Fuji “The Newest”
1984 Ross Signature Triad
1964 Frejus, midrange and lacking usual Frejus lug windows
1972 Fuji “The Newest”
1984 Ross Signature Triad
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07-21-22, 11:09 AM
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This thread feels.... familiar 
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-clusters.html
That said, this highlights one of my most favorite-set parts of a frame to ogle.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-clusters.html
That said, this highlights one of my most favorite-set parts of a frame to ogle.
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07-21-22, 11:48 AM
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I like this seat cluster. A lot. No points for guessing where this bike was made. 
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07-21-22, 12:29 PM
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This thread feels.... familiar
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-clusters.html
That said, this highlights one of my most favorite-set parts of a frame to ogle.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-clusters.html
That said, this highlights one of my most favorite-set parts of a frame to ogle.
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07-21-22, 12:42 PM
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07-21-22, 12:56 PM
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1973 Colnago Super:
1979 Dennis Sparrow:
1979 Medici:
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1979 Dennis Sparrow:
1979 Medici:
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07-21-22, 01:04 PM
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This thread feels.... familiar
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-clusters.html
That said, this highlights one of my most favorite-set parts of a frame to ogle.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-clusters.html
That said, this highlights one of my most favorite-set parts of a frame to ogle.
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07-21-22, 02:39 PM
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Another one, before trimming the excess tube above the seat lug:
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[QUOTE=Fredo76;22580710]Anybody have an Eisentraut?
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