Whats a lug then............

[Panter]

As title?

I found this on Sheldon Brown:

A lug is a socket that forms the junction between two or more frame tubes. Traditional bicycle construction uses steel tubes and lugs, joined together by brazing or silver soldering so that the space between the tube and the lug fills up with molten brass or silver alloy. Some aluminum or carbon fiber bicycles also use lugs, with glue instead of the brass or silver

So, its just a join then? why are they talked about in such revered terms? anyone care to enlighten this ignoramus ?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i suppose it's because lugs look neater.

my old steel bike has lugs, but both alu bikes just have welded joints.

 

[Tynan]

them engineers eh?

stacks of ways of joining things and there is a need to differentiate one from the other

 

[Panter]

Thanks guys

http://www.bikelugs.com/

I understand now, very nice indeed

I used to own a Yamaha YZF1000 R1 motorbike that had beautifully welded joints on the frame, but they weren't as ornate as those in the link

 

[John Ponting]

Thanks guys



I understand now, very nice indeed

I used to own a Yamaha YZF1000 R1 motorbike that had beautifully welded joints on the frame, but they weren't as ornate as those in the link

nor are the welded joints on most aluminium frames. The R1 was good but it was still just a weld holding two sections together. Lugs became almost an art form in their own right.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Lugs are nothing more than a plumbing joint. Frame building pseuds made them into fancy shapes to try and convince cyclists that the everyday kit they churned out was some special work of art.

The still keep men with beards in masturbation fantasies even today. The rest of us can thank God that we are rid of the ugly lumps of usless weight on our frames.

 

[TheDoctor]

But surely making stuff into fancy shapes is what defines a work of art?

 

[Smokin Joe]

But surely making stuff into fancy shapes is what defines a work of art?

The Mona Lisa is a work of art. A lug is a device for holding two tubes together, no matter what shape you make it.

 

[Fab Foodie]

The Mona Lisa is a work of art. A lug is a device for holding two tubes together, no matter what shape you make it.

Bloody Luggite...

 

[Smokin Joe]

Bloody Luggite...

:

 

[Fab Foodie]

:

Blue is the Holdsworth, about 57 yr old and resprayed at least once...
The Black is an Evans Saracen early 531 MTB, early '80's...
Oh, and the beautiful lugless aluminium finish on my 2004 TCR1...

 

[Panter]

I must be a lucky bunny indeed


Whilst I fully appreciate the beautifully, but robotically welded joins on a modern sportsbike, or the flawless finish on fab foodies TCR, I also really like the detailing on the "old fashioned" lugs (lovely pics BTW)


All points to the same thing I suppose, 2 wheels is GOOD

 

[alecstilleyedye]

The Mona Lisa is a work of art. A lug is a device for holding two tubes together, no matter what shape you make it.

what if it's mona lisa shaped?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

what if it's mona lisa shaped?

Wouldn't be very practical.

 

[Keith Oates]

No, but think of the smile it would give!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!