At least on the Atlantis, the lugs on the 2006ish-present frames were
pointy and more ornate than the rounded lugs on the Atlantis I bought
new in 2004.
On Dec 3, 9:00 am, Bruce wrote:
> They say that memory is the 1st thing to go, so correct me if mine has left
> the room, but I recall the 1st issue of orange Rambouillets having fancier
> lugwork than the main run, including later orange, all the blue and the final
> batch of green ones. The Saluki and AHH use the same lugs afik and these have
> remained unchanged since the start of Saluki. The earliest Rivs from
> Waterford had very fancy Sachs designed lugs, with later Riv customs being a
> bit more toned down.
>
> Rivs lugs are made for them in China, I read somewhere, maybe by Long Sheng?
> Their design, just cast in China. Not that many lug makers around. Pascenti's
> lugs are also made to his spec overseas, iirc.
>
>
> From: Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
>
> Actually, the lugs on the Atlantis and other Japanese frames got much
> more ornate toward the end. Perhaps GP thought that fancier lugs would
> help justify the rapidly increasing prices during the last couple
> years, or maybe the extra cost in the lugwork seemed tiny compared to
> the extra cost from currency exchange. In any case, the simpler,
> rounded lugs of ~2004/2005-ish were more of a middle point than an
> ultimate end of the evolution of these frames.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW
Owners Bunch" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
