Does anyone else make lugs besides Long Shen? Henry James's website is still up; I suppose that means they're still in business? But Lon Shen did customs, of course.
http://www.henryjames.com/bicyle-parts/bike-lugs.html Back in the beginning, Grant used HJ lugs and crowns, IIRC. On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 2:38 PM M Talley <mwtal...@gmail.com> wrote: > You've made me curious about this info having been mentioned earlier. I > found this from earlier in the year RBW Owners Bunch but had no luck > finding a Blagh entry: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-jLZY0dpWZ4/3YF_RVSCCgAJ > A mention of a "post-Long Shen world" and the "instability of the lug > manufacturers" came up during the discussion about the early GBW sample. > I've always assumed that the recent use of fillet joints was as much cost > driven as it was by the freedom needed in new designs coming forth. A > slacker seat angle where it meets longer chain stays or junction of a > curved second top tube not to mention curved-for-clearance single top tube > joint are all non-standard in the lug vernacular. > So this may be old news but what I found surprising in that link to the > discussion joined by Richard Sachs. He is usually the calm voice. When True > Temper called it quits it was his commentary "There's no crying in > framebuilding. Notes from a cycling lifer on how to survive in the industry" > > http://www.handbuiltbicyclenews.com/c47-people-0/195-richard-sachs-theres-no-crying-in-framebuilding-0 > This made me think - yeah someone always steps in when there's a void. So > (if this is true news) after all, was Long Shen indispensable? Who makes > all of the creative newer design drop outs, fork tips and dropout lugs and > crowns for All City, Surly, Tumbleweed etc? Perhaps the quality of Long > Shen in the job of a more complicated and delicate lug isn't matched by > anyone else. Why else would a Richard Sachs stockpile for the future? > > On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 8:38:05 PM UTC-4, Johnny Alien wrote: >> >> I seem to remember a Blahg not so long ago in which Grant spoke about >> them fearing about the lug manufacturing stopping. I remember he said that >> they worked out something that made him feel a bit better. A huge >> stockpile of lugs or something? I can't remember but I do think this was a >> concern so I am not shocked if it's true. >> >> On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 6:30:36 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> I don't know anything about the details, or even if it is true. If it >>> is true, that sounds pretty scary for Rivendell, unless they've known about >>> it and are proactively transitioning over to more lugless work. Or maybe >>> they have stocked up. That's Rivendell's lug supplier. >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >>> On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 12:19:27 PM UTC-7, M Talley wrote: >>>> >>>> I wondered if anyone here knew of this or more about the circumstances >>>> of the closing of Long Shen? >>>> https://www.velocipedesalon.com/forum/f2/fnl-531-a-52498.html >>>> I stumbled on this info while searching for the meaning of R. >>>> Sachs B.I.F.I.™ . . . YAS - Yet Another Sachsism >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1800159d-62c3-4c81-bfd3-dbad3340389e%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1800159d-62c3-4c81-bfd3-dbad3340389e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtA_J3rhMQZ-0_zv3YhTJtR8UMfYVptwPc5_0rKXauK7w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
