seat clusters are where the seat stays join the seat tube and sometimes also the top tube
there's a lot of different ways this can be done.
sometimes its integrated into a lug
the cluster also has to incorporate the action of the seat post clamping bolt
a tiny distortion of the seat tube of only fractions of a mm.
makers worried about rip-offs tend to put some kind of embossing in the seat stay cap
their name or logo
really good bikes don't care so much
but it's a lovely detail all the same
these are from Commuter Cycles 5th birthday Show and Shine
Diamond frame, handbuilt in the 50s in Geelong from 531
Centurion, lovely chromed, wrap-around stay caps
Dawes Super Galaxy
F.W. Evans
As the name suggests, with curly stays n'all
Elvin? Elwin? tarck bike
Michalo
lovely resto with complete Superbe Pro group
recently made bike I forgot who by
immaculate Concorde with gold-plated stays
fancy chromed cluster but somehow
not as lovely as when they wrap to the front of the seat tube.
