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I always like doing these jobs because they almost always look better after the repair than they did when they were new.
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Some closer shots of the head lugs, you can see the tube has completely pulled away from the down tube lug. After pulling the tubes out, I found that the whole bottom spoon area of this lug was charcoaled and had no braze whatsoever.
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The tubes are out and I've cleaned up the seat tube and bottom bracket sockets. Now I just need to miter my front end tubes and clean up the head lugs.
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And now I've got the tubes mitered up.
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Post braze, pre soak.
After some quality time with the files and emery it's read to see the road, (or track) again.
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The lug edges are nice and crisp now. Just how I like em.
Below is a nice before and after of the seat lug. The profile of the lug is a bit off before, (understatement), I tightened it up a bit, and while I was at it I tried to even up the keyhole at the bottom of the seat post slot.
2 comments:
Saving those lugs was a feat in and of itself. Beautiful work!
Fantastic work Dave and well worth doing too, saving a beautiful old bike. Bravo!
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