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              Pleiades  
               Personally, I don't think I'd ever quite have 100% faith in a weld though.
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         how meany bikes have a cast steering head / swing arm pivot secton
        
 or swing arm linkage section welded to exstruded frame , arm members etc..
         
        
 i use to build alloy offshore yachts.. we welded the cast boom pivot to
        
 the mast... a 80ft yacht with main up & flying the kite can have a mast
        
 loading of more than 40 ton..
         
         
        
 welding is not a issue.. but as said it has to be done RIGHT...
         
         
         
         
        
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