Cost was probably involved. The fillet brazing on the original Platypus would be very time consuming and more difficult in a factory setting than connecting a few tubes with lug.
Marc On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 5:50:25 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > [image: 0F3B224F-E805-48D6-9A22-8F51C4323F9C.jpeg]Perhaps they dusted off > the Betty Foy/Yves Gomez lug… > > On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 3:23:46 PM UTC-4 CoalTrain wrote: > >> Looks like the new run of Platy's are getting a lugged top/seat tube, >> where as the previous models were welded. Very nice. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/883ce6aa-7864-4253-b230-0680268e0de5n%40googlegroups.com.
