andybee75
Finally riding a big boys bike
This kind of lugs are called ornament in swedish. The US Rambler started this around 1900, the Ramblers made in sweden from ca 1907 and forward also had them, although slightly different. For some unknown reason severeal swedish brand started to have their own ornaments around 1928. This spread rapidly and soon almost every brand hade their own version. The fashion died around 1947 when painted fields were the new gimmick. These swedish ornaments are made of stamped and punched steel soldered to the frame for no other reason than purely decorative. The technique to use internal flush lugs for strength had been used for a long time and still continued despite these external ornaments. Swedish bikes after say 1905 always used flush lugs. There are probably hundred of ornament versions, some unique to a specific brand or frame maker, some neutral and unidentified. Most of them were painted black and had gold stripes, others may have colors matching the frame, often darker accent color. Some had red, blue or green filling inside etc. There's a lot of nice differences to discover.
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