Re: Tigging tabbed dropouts tips?
Rody,
This was exactly what I was hoping for. I was wondering how you did your Ti 29+ seen on your blog with the low-mounts so cleanly. I was having trouble making it all fit on the low mounts, so knowing those dropouts aren't ideal for this setup makes a lot of sense and will make me consider other dropout options (next time...). You seem to do pretty well with Paragon's dropouts and this method on your bikes!
The welding in one plane was the headscratcher at first. Maybe it is the small real estate on the dropout but it seemed less than ideal in rigidity and strength but i know it's been well tested. I was wondering if you or others somehow welded the inside of the tab to the tube or just around the tube and cap.
For process, I first tacked the stays to the dropouts in the fixture, then used filler to weld on the caps, then welded the stays across each side of the dropouts. It seemed pretty easy to 'cook' the joint, partly due to imperfect fitup because the narrow tabs and large diameter stays. What do you recommend for process, and do you just fuse the cap to the coped stay or weld it normally with filler?
Lastly, I 'popped' the caps out of the same diameter tube as the coped stay for the end caps and filed down to make fit. Is there a faster way you use for the end caps?
Thank you for the reply!
Whit
Whit Johnson
meriwethercycles.com
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